MUMBAI: With Bollywood and music being nothing short of religions in India, Zee TV has brought the

best of both worlds with its weekend prime-time offering. The channel’s first-of-its-kind music

countdown show called ‘Pro Music Countdown’ is hosted by one of India’s finest RJs, social

media influencer and YouTube sensation - Siddharth Kannan. The show presents superhit

songs in a never-seen-before chat show format with the hottest Bollywood celebrities getting

up close and personal about their career, love lives and everything that’s brewing in B-town!

In the upcoming episode of the show, the audience will get to witness real, heart to heart

conversations between the friendliest actor-director duo in Bollywood, Neil Nitin Mukesh and

Madhur Bhandarkar. The two have been known for bringing unconventional cinema to their

audiences as a director and actor respectively. Talking about the never-ending debate on

nepotism and talent in the industry, Madhur Bhandarkar revealed that Neil is quite down to

earth contrary to the usual perceptions about star kids. In spite of being talented and born in

a well-known family in Bollywood, Neil faced rejection at various points in his career. He

said, “After doing two movies as a child actor and coming from an affluent background, I

thought the doors to Bollywood would easily open for me, but it didn’t happen. I faced a lot of

rejection before getting my first film.”

On being asked about his first movie  with Madhur Bhandarkar - ‘Jail’,  he said, “’Jail’ was

probably the only film in which I tried method acting. I didn’t shower for days and wore the

same sweaty clothes every day to get the look and feel of the character. I was so much into

the character that after the movie I was in depression and it took me almost two and a half

months to get out of it.”

Well, we can’t wait for this actor-director duo to spread their magic again on screen.