The Bollywood hero Neil Nitin Mukesh, who started off his career as a Bollywood hero, with films like the hard-hitting New York, Lafangey Parindey, Madhur Bhandarkar Directorial Jail, to name a few, never really achieved commercial success in the industry, and switched to the south film industry.
The actor made his Debut in the south, with the 2014 flick Kaththi Directed by AR Murugadoss, and he was later roped in to play the villain in the Prabhas starrer flick Saaho, the Tamil/Telugu/Malayalam trilingual directed by Sujeeth of Run Raja Run fame.
Following the 150 crores budgeted biggie Saaho, the stylish villain has been signed on to play the principal antagonist in young hero Bellamkonda Sai Sreenivas starrer upcoming flick. Apart from Neil, the team has decided to rope in Samantha for a special song appearance to spice up the glam quotient and a fat paycheck has been declared for her. The movie is directed by debutant Srinivas and bankrolled by Vamsidhara creations.