Ranbir hunts for talented co-stars on Facebook


Nissan India along with actor Ranbir Kapoor are searching for new talents for the Bollywood movie ‘New Star of India,' through the social networking site Facebook.


This would be the first movie where public will be given an opportunity to showcase their talent through an audition on the social networking site.

Interestingly only the 20 best talents will get an opportunity to work with the Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor in a 3 minute short movie.

Ranbir excited to meet co-stars
The participants of the competition will be selected after they upload a short movie clip and apparently the talent search competition is said to start from October 19.

Also, the public will be given the opportunity to vote online to pick the 20 best talents for the movie by the selecting the video clip of the participants.

Ranbir said, “I'm incredibly excited to be involved in this ground-breaking movie with Nissan - no-one's attempted anything like it before". This is your once in a lifetime opportunity to join me in the magic of the movies. I'm looking forward to seeing your auditions and can't wait to meet my co-stars, so get dancing, get voting and get involved!"

Nissan’s big Bollywood talent search
Bollywood fans can showcase their acting and dancing skills by uploading their video on http://www.facebook.com/nissanindia .

Nissan has already made plans to find talent on the road and the live auditions for this film will happen in shopping malls of cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Kolkotta, Pune, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad & Aurangabad.

Speaking about the new initiative, Kiminobu Tokuyama, managing director of Nissan Motor India stated, "Nissan is all about innovation. It's in the cars we build, the way we do business, and now we are offering members of the public a genuine world's first - an opportunity to become a Bollywood star."