NEIL NITIN MUKESH - Role Call

The youngest 

husband !

Neil Nitin Mukesh is all set to star with Priyanka Chopra...

              While Naseeruddin Shah (at 60) would be Priyanka Chopra's oldest husband in Saat Khoon Maaf (earlier titled Ek Bataa Saath), Neil Nitin Mukesh has been signed to play her youngest husband.

           Though age-wise, Neil is a few months older than Priyanka, the actor-- who scorched the ramp in Chennai recently-- initially felt he would look incompatible with her.   


            says a source, "Neil didn't want another situation like Aa Dekhen Zara where everyone commented on how incompatible Bipasha and he looked. at the same time, he's a big fan of Priyanka's work. so, when he heard that his 'colleague' Ranbit Kapoor was wirking with Priyanka and had prepared himself to match her maturity level (Ranbit has a stubbled, lean red-eyed look in anjaana Anjaani), Neil was game for it. "

            Neil's character will require a heavy physical transformation. Says the actor, "When I heard the script, I was zapped. This was something I had to do. I play one of Priyanka's hunbands; the yougest of the lot. Thye gact that I get to be in the same film with actors like Naseeruddin Shah and Mohanlalji was incentive enough. "

              Neil starts shooting for Saat Khoon Maaf from april. "I've a somewhat crowded date diary this year. I join abbas-Mustan from June to December for Italian Job. "

              Neil, who moved to Powai to be near Yashraj studios to avoid the daily traffic, is still wondering if he made the right move.

             "The traffic on this side of town is just as bad. However, the good part is that when I had an off day off recently,  invited my mom over to do up my new home the way I wanted it. "

               Neil who has been a part of a joint family household all his life, says he has no time to miss his family. "That's because I use that old flat of ours only to sleep.....alone !"