Learnt dancing by looking at actors: Rajkummar Rao

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Mumbai: Actor Rajkummar Rao, who has featured in intense roles in films like "Shahid" and "Trapped", will be seen dancing for a change in the quirky entertainer "Bareilly Ki Barfi". He says he learnt it by looking at actors.

"Like most of the people in small towns, I learned dancing by looking at a lot of actors dancing. That`s how I learnt it," Rajkummar said in a statement.

In "Bareilly Ki Barfi", the National Award winning actor is playing the role of Pritam Vidrohi, a small town guy.

He gave a dekko of his dancing skills at the launch of the song "Twist kamiraya" here earlier this week.

The film features Kriti Sanon alongsideRao and Ayushman Khurana.

Written by "Dangal" writer-director Nitesh Tiwari and Shreyas Jain, the movie is scheduled to release on August 18.

It marks Ashiwny Iyer Tiwari`s second film as a director after "Nil Battey Sannata"