Anil Kapoor reveals he had to pitch 24 to several platforms: ‘Nobody took me seriously except for a few of them’ 24 : Bollywood News

Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor is gearing up for the web series The Night Manager's release on Disney+ Hotstar. The series stars Aditya Roy Kapur and Sobhita Dhulipala. Anil Kapoor says that he had to go to several platforms to pitch 24, as nobody was ready to take it.

Anil Kapoor reveals he had to pitch 24 to several platforms: ‘Nobody took me seriously except for a few of them’

In an interview with the news agency PTI, Anil said, “Even when I was doing 24 internationally, everybody said you are a big screen, mainstream actor, how can you go to television. For me, it is always about the story and role. I wanted to experience it (TV), no matter what happens. I wanted to get that world back here as it was very exciting. The way I pitched 24 to all the platforms (here) was, 'I am going to give you 24 good films' but nobody took me seriously except for a few of them.”

Anil Kapoor also said that the tricky part about this job is to wait for the right roles and avoid being stereotyped. “Before they can box you, you move to the next. You are ready to fail, ready to fall flat, and all of that. I knew there is a possibility that it might go wrong but I was taking that plunge. And at times, there is greed and you feel that there might not be any role that will be offered to you. But then you sit at home, relax with family, and then the right offer comes to you,” the actor added.

Anil Kapoor will be seen in The Night Manager, which is the Hindi adaptation of John le Carre's novel of the same name. The novel was adapted into British series with Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Elizabeth Debicki and Olivia Colman. He will also be starring in Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Animal and Siddharth Anand's Fighter.