Purab Kohli, who gained mainstream attention with the cult movie Rock On, eight years ago, has played a prominent role in the just-released-Akshay Kumar-starrer Airlift.
“The film is based on a real-life incident which happened in the ’90s when 17,000 people where stranded in Kuwait. The film revolves around one businessman, Ranjit Katyal, played by Akshay Kumar, who takes charge and helps evacuate the entire population,” he says.
Purab who plays Ibrahim Durani, an employee at a supermarket happens to meet Ranjit.
“When Ranjit is out on a quest to arrange food for the stranded, he meets me and I end up becoming a co-member in this rescue mission.”
Apart from that, Ibrahim is also on the search for his wife who goes missing after the war breaks out.
“It’s one of my most interesting roles, till date,” he says. And the experience of working with Akshay Kumar was “just amazing”.
Purab says, “He is a very modest person. And he is always making an effort to give his best performance.”
Now, with Airlift having released and being declared a hit, Purab has shifted focus to his next movie, Rock On 2 (sequel to Rock On), where he acts with Farhan Akhtar and Arjun Rampal. And he has already shot for the first schedule.
The camaraderie between the lead characters was much appreciated in Rock On, but Purab feels the bonding was a lot better between them this time.
“During this shoot we were put up in the same place and so we got to spend more time with each other. We would go camping together, go to the gym, and on off days go site seeing together as well,” he says.
But that’s not it all, Purab has quite a busy year lined up and he will also be seen in Netflix’s series Sense8, which marks its second season this year and is created by the makers of the Matrix series, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski.
“I was part of nine episodes in the first season and with Netflix coming to India, I’m hoping people will start viewing the second season. I will be shooting for it this year,” Purab says.
