Toronto-based actor Vinay Virmani, who stars with Kunal Nayyar in upcoming film Dr Cabbie, says The Big Bang Theory actor is “someone every Indian should be proud of”.
“Kunal is a part of a US television show which has about 20 million viewers. I feel overwhelmed that he chose Dr. Cabbie to be his first film. It was great collaborating with him,” Virmani said.
Dr Cabbie is a social comedy which deals with the problems faced by immigrants. It is a story about how an Indian doctor, whose medical degree is not recognised in Canada, becomes a taxi driver and opens a clinic in the back of his cab.
Nayyar, who is best known as the socially inept astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali in The Big Bang Theory, will be seen in a very different role as a loud Punjabi taxi driver in the film.
Talking about funny moments the duo shared while filming, Virmani says there were many, but if he had to pick one, it would be when people treated them as actual cab drivers.
“The funniest was when we were shooting on the streets in actual cabs and people kept on thinking that we are real cabbies. They were actually coming and sitting at the back of the cab. It was very funny,” Virmani said.
The film has been released in Canada and garnered positive reponse. A date is yet to be locked for the movie’s release in India, but the film’s cast is likely to come to India for its promotion next month.
Directed by Jean-Francois Pouliot, Dr. Cabbie is co-produced by Salman Khan and Ajay Virmani.
