Pratik Gandhi Wins Best Actor Critics' Choice Award For 'Shimmy' & Here's Why You Can't Miss It

Pratik Gandhi may have made a name for himself after playing the legendary role in Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story but he has certainly found a way to maintain the stardom he achieved just after a show.

Being an actor from the theatre and regional cinema, the actor knows how to carry a range of emotions and how to give effective performances that last longer in the minds of the viewers than the shows/movies themselves.

Amazon Mini TVĄ¯s Shimmy explores the chapters of unintended intimacy between a father and a daughter. Raimi is a shy, eleven-year-old girl trying to live her life without her mother. The growth of Raimi has gone unnoticed by her father as he is suffering from heartbreak. What happens next is a journey of acceptance, acceptance towards the things that both Raimi and Amol have been in denial of. ItĄ¯s a heartwarming tale of moving on with life, even if the worst stands right in front of you thereĄ¯s always going to be something good happening in your life. Pratik Gandhi has a large portfolio of characters with varied emotions and he certainly brings in something new each time he plays a role.

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Pratik Gandhi knows how to be convincing in any role. Be it a father or a scamster, he knows what cards to play to make his performance shine. ItĄ¯s the significantly small moments that do all the charm.

In Shimmy, when the first time his daughter openly tells her to say the term of the women undergarments, he stutters and then says it as if itĄ¯s not a big of deal (which honestly isnĄ¯t).

At that moment, you get a hint of the kind of fragility and sensitivity Pratik holds as Amol. However, at times he tries to be strict as well but isnĄ¯t that what every other father tries to be? Sometimes protective, sometimes loving, sometimes just acting like your friend but most importantly being there for you no matter what happens. Perhaps, eventually, what matters the most in any relationship, is being there for each other.

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Pratik Gandhi recently won the Best Actor award for his role in Shimmy at Critics Choice Film Awards. A deserving win as the actor aces the role and even breaks a stereotype with this role. Pratik Gandhi as an actor has done many roles which have broken some normal variations that the actors usually do. Before his career skyrocketed after Scam 1992, he mainly worked in regional cinema and has mostly played the role of a lover boy.

However, he even played some strange but amazing roles like the protagonist in Wrong Side Raju, who was a driver by day and a bootlegger by night. The film even went on to win the National Award for Best Film in Gujurati language and then he even played a comic role in Ventilator, a Gujarati comedy-drama also starring Jackie Shroff.

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Recently, Pratik Gandhi even played the role of Manzar Ali in Modern Love: Mumbai, where he paired up with Ranveer Brar. More than a queer love story, the characterĄ¯s journey is about coming out as a gay man in a conservative Muslim family and seeming accepted by his family, especially his grandmother who he loves more than anyone else.

This is the reason Pratik Gandhi has turned out to become such a beloved actor in such a short span of time as he keeps exploring various kinds of roles and causes an air of unpredictability among his fans which makes him more versatile than ever.

Coming back to Shimmy, Pratik Gandhi never gives out the feeling of being sad or happy about the separation, itĄ¯s all about coming to terms with whatever you currently have in front of you and moving on with your life. Overall, Pratik Gandhi shines in this short film which explores a short yet significant chapter of a daughterĄ¯s coming-of-age phase, and deserves all the praise for his role. Pratik is robbed in to play the protagonist in the upcoming historic film Phule and it would be really exciting to see him crack a new character arc next year.

You can stream Shimmy on Amazon Mini TV.

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