5 Things That You Need To Know About Rock On 2 Star Shashank Arora

Rock On!! sequel is something we have deeply wanted from the day we watched the original eight years ago. And just when we had forgotten all about it,  it was announced that a sequel was indeed happening. 

This November, Rock On!! 2, will hit the screens. The movie will reunite Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli and Prachi Desai. In addition, Shraddha Kapoor  and Shashank Arora will join the fray.

Shashank who, you ask?

Well, that's a good question and a bad one. A bad question because you shouldn't have been asking about Shashank Arora in the first place since you should have been following him by now. But the good news is that you are finally asking the right question. 

Here's who Shashank Arora is and these are the reasons he is a very big deal:

1. In 2014, he starred in Titli along with that is widely considered one of the best Indian films of the year.  The movie was co-produced by Yash Raj Films.

2. This year he was the lead in the sex comedy Brahman Naman, which was produced by Netflix. Upon it's worldwide release, the film received positive reviews from the big-time publications such as Variety, Hollywood Reporter and Guardian.

3. Still don't recognise him? How about in this hilarious ad of Google?

4. He is the first Indian to have his films compete at both Sundance (Brahman Naman) and Cannes Film Festival (Titli). How about that?

5. Though in Rock On 2!! his role is unconfirmed, it is widely expected that he will play keyboards as Luke Kenny's character dies in the end of the first film. Well, we are sure that he would comfortable with whatever instrument he ends up playing as he is a real-life musician as well.

Shashank is all-set to Rock On!! this November 11 this year.

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