Best Of The Best Actor Ankur Rathee: Americans See Me As Indian, Audience In India Doesn’t | Exclusive

Ankur Rathee is balancing her commitments in Hollywood as well as the Indian cinema industry. While he shoots for the second season of Single Papa, the actor is enjoying the responses he received for Netflix's recent South Asian title, Best Of The Best. In an exclusive interview with Zoom, Ankur spoke about navigating through stereotypes that 'NRIs' face globally and establishing himself as a versatile actor across platforms. The actor further added that Indians growing up in America are raised in a completely different culture.

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Talking to Zoom, Ankur spoke about the portrayal of ‘NRIs’ in international cinema markets. He said, "Indians from India often have very strong opinions about NRIs not being completely in touch with their roots or culture. My response to that is, why are you surprised? They live in a completely foreign country. Being Indian and growing up in America means they’re not going to have the same kind of desi upbringing that many Indians have had."

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The actor added, "Their culture isn’t exactly Indian culture; it’s an Indian diaspora subculture. Their connection to their heritage is also unique and fragmented. I think some of the frustrations, comments and controversies around the depiction of NRIs in…

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