What's common between a 20-something guy being chased by zombies on an all-boys trip to Goa, a guy strutting around Emraan Hashmi’s house in his underwear and a chubby ‘loser’ who has suicidal tendencies? Nothing, you might think. But here’s what: Anand Tiwari, Namit Das and Kunaal Roy Kapur are all established stars on the stage who are now essaying these pivotal roles in their respective movies — Go Goa Gone, Ghanchakkar and Nautanki Saala. All the three films will hit the marquee in the next few weeks. They are some of the many theatre artistes who started off with small roles, but are now getting more screen space in commercial Hindi movies.

Manav Kaul played a character much older to his age in Kai Po Che