Kinshuk Sen, son of Euphoria's Palash Sen, excited about Hollywood debut

Kinshuk Sen son of Delhibased band Euphorias frontman Palash Sen is all set to make his Hollywood debut with the film In A Silent Way Named after the famous Miles Davis song the film follows the life of four jazz musicians in Los Angeles and their efforts to make it in an industry that has no room for themThe entire experience was one of the warmest and most fun experiences of my life I have always cracked coconut on the first day of any work project Not only did the team support me in carrying out the tradition but they all participated actively in doing so he told IANS working in the Collin Levin film that stars Nicolai Dorian and Kimball FarleyThe 26yearold recalls going to an audition which specifically asked for the actor to be able to play the piano at a semiprofessional levelThis was my first official film audition ever Thankfully I had prior piano training from a school accredited with Trinity Guildhall he saysThe callback was one of the most fun experiences ever Since they were looking to cast a band of four boys who had great chemistry there were multiple actors about four for each part who were asked to come in and we were all put in different combinations to audition for the casting director the director and the producer Coincidentally the first group that went in for the screen test ended up being the four that got cast including me he addsAfter a few meetings with the director Kinshuk got the roleMy manager called to say I had booked the role I couldnt have been happier Not only because it was my first movie project but also because as an Indian actor you dont get too many parts written for you that are not stereotypical This part was written with no ethnicity in mind making it completely devoid of all hangups that we sometimes see attached to Indian characters in the West he saysIn the film Kinshuk plays Anderson a young jazz pianist from LA who along with his bandmates tries to navigate the world of the music industry while trying to handle his band leader Jazzens neuroticism and incessant want to be immortalised as a legendI heavily relied on the director and the script as my basis for my character Anderson is a sweet mellow but very gifted young guy who is trying to impress his more experienced bandmates He is very by the book and doesnt deal well with Jazzens unrealistic demands many times but desperately wants to be in his cool posse says KinshukSince this was a musical film with an original soundtrack Kinshuk got to work with Grammywinning artistes and musicians including Bob Reynolds who taught him their pieces and helped him become more of a natural as a pianistHe Anderson is sort of a combination of Matt Flamhaffs demeanour from 13 Going On 30 Sebastian Wilders talent from La La Land and has Kabir Dewans attitude of Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara all mixed and made into a young brown American boy he laughsThe film debuted at the American Film Festival last year alongside films by Oscarwinning directors Spike Lee and the late Orson Wells and is slated to go to a few more film festivals before getting a public release later this yearTo even be amongst such an amazing group of creators is an honour in itself Sadly because of Covid19 all our release dates got postponed but I am so glad we are finally getting to showcase this film says KinshukKinshuk also has a new short film coming up on Amazon Prime this year called The Book of Martians and he is set to start work on his second feature film Fraud from writer Arnold Rudnick The film will be directed by Rich Thorne Kinshuk will play the protagonist in this action thriller that is set to film later this yearThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content at its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever