"Desi-Hero"

Once upon a time in a land far, far away, a boy, brown of skin and dark of hair, decided to become an actor. Our hero, a big believer in the equality of the land, took on a new name.

A brown face is no longer an oddity in that elusive land of dreams — Hollywood.

“People are finally listening. Studios have realised that casting people from different nationalities also opens up many creative avenues for telling different stories,” says Sendhil-Ramamurthy, 33, who plays Mohinder Suresh in the hit television drama Heroes.

“Diverse shows are more saleable. Look at how successful Lost is,” says Ramamurthy, who struggled for eight years.

Agrees 23-year-old actor Sunkrish Bala: “Hollywood has realised that the international market is an important money spinner. When Zee Café picked shows for their new season, most of the ones they chose had an Asian character in them.”

Via Hindustan-Times