American Ninja to Punjabi Villain

From ‘American ninja’ to Punjabi villain

A Filipino actor who performed in ‘American ninja 3’ has just completed shooting for Punjabi flick ‘Data di nagari’, directed by Sangeeta.

Rosauro Daniel Adam, the actor, said at a press conference on Thursday that he had previously acted in Pakistani film ‘Commando’, shot in Manila and directed by Syed Noor.

Mr Adam started his acting career in 1986. Apart from ‘American ninja 3’, he has been in two Japanese films called ‘Blood brothers’ and ‘Rise of paradise’. The rest of his career has been in Philippine films.

Mr Adams gets the chance to show off his martial arts skills as the villain in ‘Data di nagari’. He learnt his Punjabi and Urdu lines for the film by reading them in Roman script. He refused to say how much he got paid for his role.

Actress-turned-director Sangeeta said there was a crisis in Lollywood at present because people preferred watching foreign movies at home on cable television. The other factors were the outdated filmmaking system and equipment in Pakistan and that movie professionals were not given any respect. Producer Fayyaz Khan said he hired Mr Adam because he wanted to see new faces in the villain’s role. He praised Sangeeta for making the film so quickly – it took just one month.