Bollywood actor Neil Nitin Mukesh played the baddie in the Vijay starrer Kaththi, a Tamil film, a few years ago and this marked his debut in the south Indian film industry. The actor has now signed on the dotted line to star in the multi-lingual film Sahoo, which has Prabhas in the lead. While he is busy shooting for this film, the news is that he will be foraying into Sandalwood soon.

According to reports, Neil Nitin Mukesh will be playing the antagonist in a Kannada movie that will have Komal in the lead. Sources close to the film unit are reported to have said that his role is intense and he will be having ample scope to perform.

Neil Nitin Mukesh made his debut in the film industry as a child artiste in 1988 with the Hindi film Vijay and has acted in a number of films since then. He went on to star in Johnny Gaddaar in 2007 playing the lead role with Dharmendra, Zakir Hussain, Rimi Sen, Vinay Pathak, Govind Namdeo, Dayanand Shetty and Ashwini Kalsekar included in the star cast. The actor is currently busy with the Hindi flick Golmaal Again, which is scheduled for release on Diwali this year.

His yet another Hindi film Indu Sarkar is in the post-production mode while another multilingual film, Sahoo has just commenced. Sahoo is a magnum opus that will be released during the first half of 2018. Directed by Sujeeth, it will be shot extensively in Mumbai, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, United States and Europe. Sahoo is produced by V Vamsi Krishna Reddy and Pramod under the banner UV Creations.

With Neil Nitin Mukesh expanding his horizons by signing up films in various languages, more announcements about his future projects are on the cards.

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