Dev Patel, who is making his directorial debut with Monkey Man, has been receiving positive reactions for the film ever since its premiere at SXSW. The film also stars Makarand Deshpande in a pivotal role. In a new interview with Siddharth Kannan on his ...

Actor Makarand Deshpande recently revealed that Dev Patel, the director of Monkey Man, had to remove a significant scene from the film featuring him over political reasons.

Despite fans theorizing that the white mask in Monkey Man was in more scenes and then cut from the film, that isn’t the case. In fact, the white mask was always meant to be largely symbolic, which is why it wasn’t used in any action scenes in the Dev Patel movie.

Dev Patel, who will receive Gold House's A1 honor in entertainment and media, spent over six years bringing "Monkey Man" to the big screen, and it wasn't an easy journey for the actor turned writer-director.

Dev Patel's new movie Monkey Man is now available to stream online. US viewers can watch the action thriller via Prime Video, with the option to either rent ($19.99) or buy ($24.99). UK audiences have a little while longer to wait, but can pre-order Monkey Man for £21.49 now, with a release date on Prime Video teased as "coming soon".

Monkey Man' is still awaiting its release in India. The film was supposed release on April 19 in India, but there has been a delay.