Venkatesh Prasad has revealed he’s receiving broad appreciation from mates and ex-teammates after his advert, launched throughout IPL 2021, went viral on social media. The advert depicted Prasad alongside Javagal Srinath and Maninder Singh as a part of a boy band named ‘The Venkaboys’ and instantly proved to be a success among the many followers.
Prasad says he by no means anticipated the advert to prove the manner it did and quipped that for some motive persons are additionally appreciating his performing expertise.
“Basically, I honestly never thought that it’s going to come out that way,” Prasad stated on The Grade Cricketer. “But when it came out, looking at the reaction of the people and the messages I got, the way people were talking about the ad … things like it’s done extremely well and they were for some reason, appreciating my acting skills.”
“I am not the boy band type of guy. It was something different. I guess I get slightly comfortable in front of the camera,” he added.
Together, Prasad and Srinath shaped one of many best quick bowling Indian pairs throughout the 90s. And via the advert, they took their followers on a visit down the reminiscence lane, refreshing their recollections how they led India to a number of memorable wins.
Even former India opener Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman had been amongst those that messaged Prasad. “Sehwag messaged me, saying it was wonderful and so did a lot of other people. VVS Laxman said it was a great ad, Javagal Srinath who also acted along with me in the ad, he said ‘your acting skills are fantastic. I couldn’t believe it’,” Prasad revealed.
The advert was second such that concerned yesteryear cricketing stars after batting legend Rahul Dravid’s Indiranagar ka Gunda despatched Twitter into collective meltdown final month.
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