The Asian Age

Star singer

The White Tiger star wants to mesh musical and acting talents

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Adarsh Gourav is a multi-talented artiste. As an actor, he has proved his calibre in The White Tiger, a film starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Rajkummar Rao that’s been hugely appreciate­d all across the world. He played a negative role opposite Sridevi in Mom. Adarsh hails from a musically-inclined family. In fact, his grandmothe­r Ranga Nayakamma Bhagavatul­a is a very good singer, and it’s from her that he has inherited his musical range and talent. Being a trained Hindustani classical singer as well as a songwriter, he says someday he would love to be involved in musicbased film projects. He had his own music bands in his school and college days, and can sing in a variety of genres, including pop.

Adarsh tells us, “I have always been closely associated with music, given that my family is strongly inclined towards it. Someday, I wish to combine acting and music in the films that I do by doing playback for my films or a role that is based on a musician. My passion for vocals is deep, and hence this is something that I really

I’ve always been closely associated with music, given that my family is strongly inclined towards it. Someday, I wish to combine acting and music in the films that I do by doing playback for my films or a role that is based on a musician. My passion for vocals is deep

—Adarsh Gourav

do look forward to in the future.”

Adarsh shot a short film with Varun Grover after the release of The White Tiger. He is awaiting the verdict on his BAFTA nomination as best leading actor for The White Tiger.

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A still from The White Tiger

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