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Dev Patel Talks ‘Monkey Man’ Action Scenes and Spotlight on India’s Caste System: ‘I Wanted It Out There’


Gold House honoree Dev Patel Talks 'Monkey Man' action scenes and spotlighting India's caste system: "I Wanted It Out There"

Dev Patel, who will receive Gold House’s A1 honor in entertainment and media, spent over six years bringing “Monkey Man” to the big screen, and it wasn’t an easy journey for the actor turned writer-director. In the action-packed fight film, Patel plays Kid, a young man who avenges his mother’s death at the hands of corrupt law enforcement. Patel’s co-star Vipin Sharma who plays Alpha, the leader of the trans community known as hijras told Variety, “There’s something about Dev that I also feel very caring about him.

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