slumdog look-alike

Slumdog millionaire Oscar win seems to have catapulted Indian cinema to a wider audience...

I drew this conclusion from personal experience, i.e., numerous colleagues of mine have made comments such as 'hey, your movie won'.

To me, the comments are both interesting and disappointing. Interesting, since I didn't get the memo that I represent the Indian cinema to the world (even though this particular movie is made by an English Director); disappointed that I am not getting paid for it either :)

I haven't seen the movie yet, I recall talking to my friends about it early November, when it wasn't an Oscar movie and thus wasn't recognized by the mainstream media, but just haven't made the effort to actually go watch it.

Recently, I was at a get-together with few of my colleagues. One of the colleagues girl-friend made the comment, 'You know, you look exactly like one of the actor from SM'. And a few people agreed with her. As usual, my first comment was 'Really, Who?'

The movie's been out for some time now, and nobody, including my friend circle, has even brought up the possibility that I look like one of the actors from the movie. So that took me by surprise.

She showed me a pic on the computer of a person from the movie which didn't look anything like me. But she said 'it was a bad pic and doesn't justify her comment but she still believes whole heartedly that I look like one of the actors'.

I found her comment amusing, and I ran with it. I told all the people at the get together that they are fortunate an actor is with them tonight, asked the host how much am I getting paid to make an appearance, and that I am happy to sign a piece of paper for anybody to sell on ebay for a 50-50 split :)

I can't wait to find out who I look alike next time a movie based in India comes to Hollywood.
On the other hand.. I wonder what kind of actor would I've been with my personality? Drama/Comedy/Action/Silent?