They've generally resorted to choosing hit movies from the west and remaking them scene to scene. With Raji, it was so different and exciting as it allowed me to explore a new dimension,” she added.Bollywood might not always make the most inspirational cinema, but it does not fail to take inspiration from around the world.
Women actors tend to get unidimensional characters and it becomes difficult to portray them as there is fear of your performance becoming repetitive. “As an actor, I always want to push my boundaries and explore unfamiliar emotions. Samantha Ruth Prabhu, who played the ruthless Raji, a Sri Lankan Tamil liberation fighter in the second season of The Family Man, said the role gave her an opportunity to play a multi-dimensional character. But I never try to make them larger than life. So be it Srikant Tiwari, Samar Pratap from Shool, Bhiku Mahatre from Satya or Sardar Khan from Gangs of Wasseypur, they have to look like the population they are coming from. “I believe that the character I’m performing has to represent the massive population that are having similar experiences. When he performs on screen, he said, there’s always a part of his own life that he shows to the audiences. “But at the end of the day, no matter how many performers inspire you or how many plays you do, it all comes down to your own experience, and how well your experiences and interpretation of life can help you adopt a character.” It was Robert De Niro later on and then Al Pacino.Īlso Read | Special Ops 1.5, Family Man, Bard of Blood: All spy dramas ranked, from worst to best For me, it was Amitabh Bachchan, Naseeruddin Shah and Om Puri. We have all been influenced by the performers you see growing up. But it has never been a conscious journey. But at the end of the day, he is trying to find his voice. “This is the journey of an actor who was going through workshops and training, the theatre or performing in films.
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“At that time, there were a few of the series that garnered quite a lot of curiosity and excitement from the audiences but at same time, there was a template that makers were following which include blood, gore and pistols,” Bajpayee said.Īs a performer, the actor said he was influenced by many cinema stalwarts in his life, but it was only later he realised that his own experiences as a human being will help him pull off a character. I was not clear as to what I wanted to be part of but definitely I was very clear what I never wanted to be part of. “… I was quite afraid because somewhere I was reluctant to be part of the template which I could see forming on the OTT platform. His co-star Samantha Ruth Prabhu from The Family Man as well as the show’s creators Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK were present on ground for the panel here.īajpayee said the series came to him at a time when he was flooded with offers from various digital platforms but he was afraid about taking them up as he saw the content being confined to a “template” on the web. He was speaking at the panel discussion Creating Cult Icons: India’s own James Bond (007) with The Family Man via a video call. Also Read | The Family Man Season 2 review: Samantha Akkineni is the real weapon in OG Manoj Bajpayee’s show