Nishikant Kamat's Goan Connection Helped Him Play A Baddie In 'Rocky Handsome'

Nishikant Kamat, who has directed upcoming action thriller Rocky Handsome, has decided to play the baddie in the film, which stars John Abraham as the protagonist. Buzz has it that Kamat will be seen playing a Goan drug lord named Kevin Pereina in the movie.

When quizzed Nishikant about his role he said, "I enjoy acting and am confident in front of the camera but doing it in your own film can be scary. Also, it's not easy to be a director as well as act at the same time. I might not do it ever again," confides the filmmaker who conceptualized his final look in 48 hours. "But I got to wear fancy suits which I usually don't in real life so it was a lot of fun," he chuckles. "Since I had written the script, I knew the character pretty well. My character Kevin Pereira mouths certain Goan words. I have spent close to three years in Goa so it wasn't very difficult for me to pull it off,” he says, adding that John was initially shocked when he found out that his director was playing the villain.



Set in Goa, Mumbai, Pune and Seychelles, the film is an adrenaline pumping action film embellished with a strong emotional story of the relationship between a father who never had a daughter and a seven year old daughter who never had a father.