Taha Shah Badussha On Ambition To Be The First Indian James Bond & Whether Sanjay Leela Bhansali Will Helm ‘Heeramandi’ Season 2
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Fresh off of Netflix’s noisy Indian series Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, Taha Shah Badussha has set his sights on Hollywood — and he has a specific, seismic role in mind. “Let’s put it out there, I want to be the first Indian James Bond.
Why not?” he tells Deadline in an interview. With the iconic role still wide open as Bond‘s producers continue to sketch out the post-Daniel Craig era, there’s no harm in harboring the ambition.
Currently managed by Steven Adams’ Alta Global Media and hunting for representation in the UK and U.S., Shah has eyes for Tinseltown, where he hopes his reps can help land him the “meaty, acting-oriented roles” he wants, as opposed to the “comedian” parts that Indian-origin actors have often been given in the past. “There’s mainly just Dev [Patel] and Kumail [Nanjiani] in the leading man space, and I’d like to bring in action and join them,” says Shah.
After 15 years in Bollywood, Taha Shah Badussha is finally enjoying the fruits of his hustle. Following his role in Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, he is looking to breathe the rarefied air of leading Bollywood men such as Ranbir Kapoor and Ranveer Singh.
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