Hemant Modi was arrested last week from Ahmedabad. He’d jumped parole in 2014 and spent over a decade acting in everything from commercials to films starring Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Ranveer Singh
For 12 years, Hemant Modi kept performing without a pause. What he did on camera not only paid his bills, it also kept him out of jail. From Ahmedabad’s stages to Mumbai’s film sets, he had a dozen names. Spandan Kumar one day. Spandan Modi the next. Twinkle Dave, when he wanted to sound like a star. He chased auditions, sent portfolios to producers, took any role anyone would give him.
What none knew was that Hemant Modi was a murder convict who had in 2014 walked out of prison on a 30-day parole and never returned. Since then, the parole jumper is said to have acted in six Hindi films, one South Indian production, 10 Gujarati films, 27 TV commercials, 26 stage dramas, more than 3,000 stage shows, and 14 short films. He ran a YouTube channel, Amdavadi Uncle, on which he uploaded audition videos. He even put up performance clips on Instagram.
What none knew was that Hemant Modi was a murder convict who had in 2014 walked out of prison on a 30-day parole and never returned. Since then, the parole jumper is said to have acted in six Hindi films, one South Indian production, 10 Gujarati films, 27 TV commercials, 26 stage dramas, more than 3,000 stage shows, and 14 short films. He ran a YouTube channel, Amdavadi Uncle, on which he uploaded audition videos. He even put up performance clips on Instagram.