My Friends Wanted To Slap Me

You
know
an
actor
has
done
a
great
job
as
the
hero
of
the
film
when
the
audience
cheers
and
hoots
for
them
in
every
scene.
The
same
goes
for
most
characters
in
the
movie.
However,
villains
are
different.
Their
prowess
is
gauged
by
how
angry
people
become
after
seeing
their
performance,
how
much
the
audience
curses
them,
and
how
much
they
are
hated.
The
more
hated
the
character,
the
better
the
actor
was
in
the
role.
The
best
example
would
be
Jack
Gleeson
and
Iwan
Rheon
for
their
portrayal
of
Joffrey
Baratheon
and
Ramsay
Bolton
respectively
in
Game
of
Thrones.
A
new
addition
to
the
list
is
Sharad
Kelkar
who
was
equally
hated
by
the
audience
for
his
role
in
the
Hindi
thriller
Operation
Romeo.

In
the
Hindi
remake
of
the
Malayalam
film
Ishq,
Sharad
played
the
role
of
Mangesh
Jhadav,
a
greedy
and
corrupt
cop.
In
an
interview
with
Hindustan
Times,
Kelkar
spoke
about
his
experiences
while
preparing
for
the
role.
He
said
that
he
went
to
Neeraj
Pandey
a
few
days
into
the
shoot
and
told
him
about
the
difficulties
he
was
having
while
portraying
the
character.
He
said,
“I
don’t
know
what
I
am
doing.
I
am
feeling
disgusted.
Log
Chappal
se
marenge
mujhe
(People
will
beat
me
with
slippers).”
Neeraj
responded
to
him
by
saying
that
if
he’s
feeling
that,
then
it’s
working
for
the
film.

Talking
about
the
kind
of
response
he
received
for
his
role,
Sharad
said,
“A
lot
of
my
friends
called
me
after
watching
the
movie.
They
were
quite
happy
with
my
performance.
Despite
knowing
who
I
am,
they
said,
‘Man
kar
raha
hai
ek
chatta
maru
tujhe
(I
feel
like
slapping
you)’”.
Kelkar
admitted
to
being
under
a
lot
of
stress
during
the
shoot,
but
was
glad
that
it
paid
off.

Released
in
April
2022,
Operation
Romeo
made
its
OTT
debut
on
Netflix
in
July
and
is
now
all
set
to
make
its
world
television
premiere
on
&pictures
on
September
24.

After
Operation
Romeo,
Sharad
will
next
be
seen
in
the
Hinglish
movie
Déjà
vu
and
is
rumoured
to
work
with
Prabhas
again
in
Adipurush.
However,
the
actor
refrained
from
making
any
comments
on
the
matter.