Swanand won’t do films for free

Music composer-singer Swanand Kirkire who debuted as an actor in Marathi cinema with Pune 52, is all set to act in his second film Por Bazaar.
The film directed by Manava Naik, will see Swanand play one of the protagonist’s father. Speaking about doing Marathi films, Swanand said, “Both the makers of Pune 52 and Por Bazaar, are my dear friends. And I did it for them.Manava asked me to play the role and I agreed. It’s great to see that my friends see a different side to me.”

So has he done these roles for free, like most actors do it for their friends? He said, “Why will I do that? Ofcourse, I charged them. They came to me because I fit the role. And I keep my friendship and my work separate.”
Apart from Marathi films, Swanand mentioned that he is doing four Hindi films including Prakash Jha’s next, Vivek Agnihotri’s Freedom, Anurag Kashyap’s Ghoomketu and Rohan Sippy’s film.
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