Toronto-area student Kishore Thavaneethan is asking actress Nina Dobrev out to his prom with a that features songs from Drake and Bruno Mars.
In the video, entitled 鈥淣ina Dobrev, will you be my date to prom?鈥 the teen tells the Hollywood actress: "If you could come, that would be amazing."
Complete with back-up performers, he dances to songs that include Drake鈥檚 鈥淏est I Ever Had,鈥 Bruno Mars鈥檚 鈥淔inesse鈥 and 鈥淧aatha Oru Lookula鈥 from the Bollywood film 鈥淚nimey Ippadithan!鈥
鈥淭he first two are my favorites -- and you know Drake and her were on 鈥楧egrassi,鈥欌 he told CTVNews.ca over the phone. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e also great songs to dance to.鈥
Dobrev, best known from the TV shows 鈥淭he Vampire Diaries鈥 and 鈥淒egrassi: The Next Generation,鈥 is a 鈥渉uge role model鈥 for Thavaneethan.
She grew up in Scarborough, Ont., where Thavaneethan spent his childhood. 鈥淚t was inspiring to see her act,鈥 he said, adding her success story is a big reason why he wants to become an actor and dancer himself.
鈥淚 think if she can make it from there, it鈥檚 possible for me as well,鈥 he said, adding he hopes she accepts. 鈥淚 think Nina is someone 鈥 who thinks outside the box and would take on the challenge.鈥
In the video, Thavaneethan promises it will be an 鈥渦nforgettable night.鈥 The big day is May 2 at Middlefield Collegiate Institute in Markham, Ont. So the ball is in her court.
BEHIND THE SCENES: 'IT WAS FREEZING'
Thavaneethan and his friend, who runs the Toronto-based videography company , shot the video during the chilly March break. He admitted dancing in a tank top might not have been the best decision
鈥淚t was freezing. It was minus 10 [degrees]. You have no idea how cold it was,鈥 he told CP24 on Monday. But he praised his back-up dancers and high school friends Anam Mulla and Kaaja Gnaneswaran for sticking it out.
As for his future, Thavaneethan鈥檚 work ethic goes beyond the dance floor.
He鈥檚 been accepted in the law, politics and governance programs at Western University, Waterloo, Laurier and Ryerson University. But he still wants to still pursue acting in some form or another.
鈥淚 also want to minor in acting or something performance-based,鈥 he said.
