Ekta Kapoor's upcoming movie "Shor" is gaining all the right popularity thanks to US-based Indian actor Sendhil Ramamurthy, who makes a Bollywood debut with it. But not many know that the Krishna D. K. and Raj Nidimoru- directed movie is based on a short film by the duo.

"When Raj and D. K. sent me the offer (for 'Shor'), they also sent me the script and the short film that 'Shor' is based on. They did it in 2008 and it went to the Cannes Film Festival, " Sendhil told over phone from Los Angeles.

"I saw the short film first and once I saw it I was just blown away by it. . . I signed it right away, " he added.

There are three storylines in "Shor".

"My storyline is in English as my character is an NRI and the other two storylines are in Hindi, " said Sendhil.

Apart from "Shor", Sendhil will also be seen in Gurinder Chadha's upcoming comedy "It's A Wonderful Afterlife".