Rajkummar Rao, who is in the US with girlfriend Patralekhaa on a vacation, was thrilled to see Hollywood heartthrob Bradley Cooper perform live in Broadway.

A former theatre actor himself, Rajkummar was all praises for Bradley's performance in The Elephant Man (Broadway's revival of Bernard Pomerance's drama).

He told us from New York, "I didn't meet Bradley but watching him perform so closely and transforming himself completely was such an inspiration. He was playing this guy with physical disorder but he played it with such finesse and was so effortless. It was so good to see a play after such a long time."