Neeraj Chopra has impressed many people with his credit ad.
Athlete, Olympic gold medalist, youth icon and now an actor too – we are talking about 23-year-old Neeraj Chopra who has once again taken the internet by storm. This time, it is not for his on-field skills but for his acting prowess. Neeraj Chopra has featured in an advertisement for credit card management platform, Credits, and has impressed millions with his acting. Credit is the same platform which gave Rahul DravidIndiranagar goonAnd Jackie Shroff as a Zumba instructor – but the advert starring Javelin star Neeraj Chopra shows him not one but many different avatars.
The hilarious ad takes a dig at the media frenzy around the Olympic star, with Neeraj playing the role of a journalist, a cashier, a marketing executive, a filmmaker and an aspiring javelin thrower with equal gusto.
“360 Degree Marketing!” He wrote while sharing the ad on Twitter.
360 Degree Marketing! @cred_club#adpic.twitter.com/RmjWAXERxm
— neeraj chopra (@neeraj_chopra1) September 19, 2021
Since being posted two days ago, the video has garnered over 2 million views and 56,000 ‘likes’ on the microblogging platform.
Actor Sidharth Malhotra was among those impressed by Neeraj Chopra’s performance.
People are talking about biopics, but you have already made your acting debut! https://t.co/b4T0SDDDZ3
— Sidharth Malhotra (@SidMalhotra) September 19, 2021
Former cricketer Virender Sehwag also praised the advertisement and its star
The only person for whom ‘Kya fakta hai yaar’ is a compliment- @neeraj_chopra1 ! https://t.co/RuyWJujD0n
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) September 19, 2021
Photographer Atul Kasbekar lauded the Olympian’s ability to laugh at himself.
every time you think d #credits Ads can’t move by themselves they search again and get it out of de park
Too @neeraj_chopra1 can actually act n has d ability to laugh at himself while doing a snook in the world
Very good
It would take him far beyond the spear he threw
— Atul Kasbekar (@atulkasbekar) September 20, 2021
Meanwhile, Twitter users were impressed by the athlete’s acting prowess as he portrayed the various roles with apparently ease
His acting is better than many Bollywood stars
I will work myself in my biopic..???????? pic.twitter.com/c8hnZAWXbF– ???? (@S1Rajput2) September 19, 2021
Star kids after watching Neeraj Chopra’s stellar acting skills: pic.twitter.com/01CUB7HRVY
— Nikhil Agarwal (@nikhil__98) September 19, 2021
Cred hits it out of the park once again. And Neeraj Chopra shows off his fine acting skills along with portraying various wacky characters, wow! ???? pic.twitter.com/0ihUSK4X0f
– ??????????????????????? 4 (@vaarahoon) September 19, 2021
The credits had earlier featured Rahul Dravid in an advertisement that went massively viral on social media. soft spoken cricketer played the part A man who lost his cool in Bangalore traffic.
talking to Indian ExpressAyyappa KM, director of credit commercials, described Neeraj as “the opposite of Dravid”.
The advertising director said of Neeraj Chopra, “Sometimes he would break in the middle of a line laughing. He just wanted to have fun, he was chilling and having a great time.”
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