Rajkummar Rao has carved a niche for himself with his body of promising performances back to back. From ‘Kai Po Che’ (2013) to ‘Bheed’ (2023), there’s no character Rajkummar Rao hasn’t tried his hands on in this ten years of journey. ‘CityLights’ (2014), a film ahead of its time, completed nine years today. The film is truth wrapped in a nutshell. The film is directed by Hansal Mehta. This actor director duo has given the audience some of the best on-screen stories to remember. This duo also shares a great bond offline.
For the unversed, the film also marked the real-life couple Rajkummar Rao and Patralekhaa’s debut collaboration on-screen. The audiences highly appreciated and loved their performances. However, behind the scenes, off-camera romance brewed in real life and the couple adjourned the journey to their forever and also tied the knot on November 15, 2021. Patralekhaa is also best known for her works in films and TV series such as ‘Love Games’ (2016), ‘Badnaam Gali’ (2019), ‘Forbidden Love’ (2020) and more.
‘CityLights’ is a story that revolves around how a common man arrives in the city of dreams Mumbai to make it big and the challenges and hurdles that try every bit to crush him and put him down. The film released in three hundred and fifty screens and was also nominated for BAFTA Awards. This film is one of the best performances of Rajkummar and also received wide critical acclaim from a wider audience.
On the work front, Rajkumar Rao has got a number of projects like ‘Stree 2’, ‘Guns And Gulaabs’, ‘Mr And Mrs Mahi’ and industrialist Srikanth Bolla’s biopic. The actor also recently turned host at the prestigious IIFA awards night held in Dubai with Farah Khan. He made the audiences entertain to the fullest with punch lines, one liners and quirky self.
