Nalini dating a year after Mohan ( Sendhil Ramamurthy) died didn’t sit too well with Devi, who felt it was a betrayal to her father. Chris Jackson (Common) and the two started dating briefly after several competitive exchanges and misunderstandings. It’s completely different from everything I’ve done.Nalini (Poorna Jagannathan) was intensely attracted to Dr. Kota says that while he’s learning more about his character as he goes, he’s excited to explore Sai’s edgier side, explaining, “There’s a certain way he talks and walks, and it’s really fun to jump into that. 20 and follows the three different potential lives of an “ordinary Joe” fresh out of college. He also plays campaign manager Sai in “Ordinary Joe,” which premieres today, Sept. The chemistry between Prashant and Kamala is electric, and with a romantic rival ( Utkarsh Ambudkar) thrown into the mix, there’s ample opportunity to explore another love triangle in the Netflix show.īut Kota has much more than that on his agenda. When I was feeling a certain way about it, that meant a lot to me.” Now, he just hopes that Prashant will be back to redeem himself in season three. “I consulted on it, because she’s dealt with all of this political drama within the science field, and she still does,” Kota says. As a cancer researcher, she’s even done some academic work at his on-screen girlfriend Kamala’s school, CalTech. Luckily, Kota had plenty of help from a real-life female scientist-his wife. “ there to serve the story, but I didn’t want him to be looked at as someone who’s not supportive of someone’s dreams.” “Because this is the first times you’re seeing an Indian American an accent as someone who’s attractive, smart, a complex individual, I struggled so much with playing him a certain way,” Kota says. That evolution didn’t sit very well with Kota, as he admits he feels a sense of pressure to portray Indian American characters in a positive light.
“ there to serve the story, but I didn’t want him to be looked at as someone who’s not supportive of someone’s dreams,” says Kota, right.
(Spoilers ahead!) As biologist Kamala’s dreamy arranged boyfriend, Prashant proved that he had a heart of gold in his first appearances, but by season two he seems less than fully understanding of his girlfriend’s endeavors in her male-dominated workplace. Vik Roy in “ Grey’s Anatomy.”Īlthough his “Grey’s” role made history as the first long-running Indian American character on the beloved medical series, it’s Kota’s turn as Prashant that’s most memorable, particularly after the coming-of-age drama’s tumultuous second season.
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He’s in Atlanta to shoot the new NBC series “ Ordinary Joe,” but he’s best known these days for appearing as Prashant in Mindy Kaling’s Netflix hit “ Never Have I Ever” and as Dr. “We were broke-my car got repo-ed, her house was getting foreclosed and I couldn’t find a job.” But Mama Kota must have had some inkling of her son’s future success. “I don’t know why she pushed me into it,” says Kota.
Although he’d previously dabbled in modeling, Kota first started acting at the insistence of his mother, a fact that baffles him even now. “So my skin, my hair and everything feels very plush.”Īfter spending over a decade in show biz, he’s had plenty of experience perfecting those effortless good looks. “In L.A., there is absolutely no humidity,” Kota laughs on Zoom from his hotel room. Atlanta’s famously sultry weather isn’t for everyone, but actor Rushi Kota is more than happy to turn up the heat.
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