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As you know ‘Monkey Man’ is Dev Patel’s directorial debut, I got a call from Dev last year, along with the producer of the film.

Recalling how he bagged the role, Sikandar said, “I actually gave an audition for the film five years ago. Sikandar Kher is also making his debut in Hollywood with the film ‘Monkey Man’ alongside Dev Patel. He made his Bollywood debut with ‘Woodstock Villa’ and later appeared in films like ‘Tere Bin Laden 2’, ‘The Zoya Factor’, American TV series ‘Sense8’, web series ‘Aarya’ and his latest film ‘Sooryavanshi’.Īpart from finishing the post-production work of the new season of ‘Aarya 2’, the actor is also be seen in the Vasan Bala directorial ‘Monica O My Darling’ that releases on Netflix. Sikandar Kher also attended a short-term theatre course at the National School of Drama. The only satisfaction I have now is, whatever little I have achieved now, I have done it on my own.” I went through a lot of acting classes, workshop, auditions and kept waiting. I never had to think about my basics like food, home to stay etc. Having said that there are people who cannot afford to wait for the right opportunity for so long and I am aware that I am privileged. Sikandar went on adding, “those words were really motivating for me. You are talented and at the right time, people will notice that’.” Especially my mother said that ‘at times the wait is longer when the talent meets the opportunity but that does not mean you give up. “I would say in those darkest nights when I went through rejections and had given endless auditions but could not bag the project, my parents were my biggest support.