Neeraj Chopra’s acting skills in new ad, internet can’t keep calm

Team Udayavani, Sep 21, 2021, 12:55 PM IST

Athlete, Olympic gold medallist, youth icon and now, an actor too , Neeraj Chopra has taken the Internet by storm with his acting chops. Neeraj Chopra has featured in an ad for Cred, a credit card management platform.

Cred is the same platform that turned Rahul Dravid into “Indiranagar ka gunda” and Jackie Shroff into a zumba instructor.

The ad takes a dig at the media frenzy around the Olympic star, with Neeraj playing the roles of a journalist, a cashier, a marketing executive, a filmmaker, and an aspiring javelin thrower.

360 Degree Marketing! @cred_club #ad pic.twitter.com/RmjWAXERxm

— Neeraj Chopra (@Neeraj_chopra1) September 19, 2021

He wrote, “360 Degree Marketing!” while sharing the video.

The video has racked up over 2 million views and 56,000 ‘likes’ on the microblogging platform.

People are talking about the biopic, but aapne toh acting debut hi kar liya! https://t.co/b4T0SDDdZ3

— Sidharth Malhotra (@SidMalhotra) September 19, 2021

The only Person for whom ‘Kya Fekta hai Yaar’ is a compliment- @Neeraj_chopra1 ! https://t.co/RuyWJujD0n

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) September 19, 2021

Each time u think that d #Cred adverts cannot outdo themselves they reinvent n hit it out of d park

Also @Neeraj_chopra1 can actually act n has d ability to laugh at himself while cocking a snook at d world

Brilliant

That’ll take him a lot further than any javelin he’s flung

— atul kasbekar (@atulkasbekar) September 20, 2021

Absolutely made no sense yet trolled media like a pro, paved a way to play himself in his own biopic and once again proved he is a Rockstar💜 In love with this cutie😅 #NeerajChopra #Rockstar https://t.co/2x2DoUi4yZ

— Simran Jamwal (@sim_jamwal) September 21, 2021

Never knew there is an actor in this athlete 😍 This side of yours is really cool @Neeraj_chopra1 🤩 https://t.co/tDJJWjzawz

— Aditi Raval (@aditiraval) September 20, 2021

Neeraj Chopra’s gold worthy performance on screen. Great to see our athletes getting their due fame and recognition. https://t.co/R22pG12GZ8

— Kulmeet Bawa (@kulmeetbawa) September 20, 2021