Kaamyaab has garnered immense appreciation for showcasing the bitter-sweet journey of a character actor – SUDHEER, essayed by Sanjay Mishra. Shah Rukh Khan’s production house Red Chillies Entertainment produced the recently released movie. Now, The Alchemist writer Paulo Coelho lauded and wrote a tweet of appreciation to SRK.
Paulo Coelho thanked Shah Rukh Khan for backing up the film as a producer and wrote, “The producers thank you in the very 1st frame, @iamsrk. I am doing the same. 2 days ago a great Brazilian actor , Flavio Migliaccio, committed suicide, leaving a note on how the industry treats their artists. This movie, labeled as “comedy”, is in fact the tragedy of Art”
To which, the Zero actor immediately replied to the tweet and said, “Saw the film when it was doing Festival rounds and it touched a chord with the whole team at @RedChilliesEnt Am so moved you appreciate. It’s a sad truth that character actors get forgotten. Look after yourself my friend and be safe & healthy”
The movie had its world premiere at the prestigious Busan International Film Festival and has acquired accolades at various film festivals. Kaamyaab is directed & written by National Award-winning director Hardik Mehta.
The story of the movie revolves around the character of a retired actor Sudheer who plays an extra in various Bollywood movies all his life and decides to give up the silver screen for good. After a few years, he realizes that his filmography consists of 499 films, thus, he determines to make it a round figure and complete his 500th appearance.
Kaamyaab is now streaming on Netflix.