Rahul Bose talks to Prasidha Menon about the making of Shaurya and the trials and challenges of life behind the grease paint
What is your opinion of the legal system in the army and India? Are you conveying any message via Shaurya? I have no clue about the legal system in the army and have got no such experience to share. But then, as far as the legal system in India is concerned, it is no secret that it is a disaster. It is riddled with corruption, inefficiency and archaic loss. Shaurya means courage in Hindi, and the courage to hold on to your principles amidst the danger of losing your job, your career, your money, your friends, your best friend and your popularity, is what Shaurya is all about.
You are talking about courage and standing by one’s principles in this film. How courageous are you in real life? Well, I certainly haven’t bent my principles in the last 10 years. For me, it’s more about individual morality, rules that I fix, are unshakable. They haven’t been shaken by me or any temptations in the last 10 years.
How was it working with Kay Kay Menon and Minissha Lamba? Kay Kay is one the finest actors we have in the country. When you are working with actors with such great calibre, all that you need to do is listen and react. So, the scenes with Kay Kay have a very settled and really intense quality. Like two people playing tennis of a very high calibre. So there is absolutely no struggle to keep it classy.
Minissha is quick, funny, sharp and intelligent. She gets or rather understands what a director wants from a scene very quickly, so there is no need to sit and explain things to her, and then she will go and right away do the things she has to.
You would be playing a fairly serious character in Shaurya and then you play a comic character in Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam. Tell me, what kind of roles come more naturally to you? The one that comes most naturally to me is comedy, but people think that it’s the more serious stuff that comes easily to me. But I don’t care, I hope that people would say the same thing about me when it comes to action!
What is your opinion of the legal system in the army and India? Are you conveying any message via Shaurya? I have no clue about the legal system in the army and have got no such experience to share. But then, as far as the legal system in India is concerned, it is no secret that it is a disaster. It is riddled with corruption, inefficiency and archaic loss. Shaurya means courage in Hindi, and the courage to hold on to your principles amidst the danger of losing your job, your career, your money, your friends, your best friend and your popularity, is what Shaurya is all about.
You are talking about courage and standing by one’s principles in this film. How courageous are you in real life? Well, I certainly haven’t bent my principles in the last 10 years. For me, it’s more about individual morality, rules that I fix, are unshakable. They haven’t been shaken by me or any temptations in the last 10 years.
How was it working with Kay Kay Menon and Minissha Lamba? Kay Kay is one the finest actors we have in the country. When you are working with actors with such great calibre, all that you need to do is listen and react. So, the scenes with Kay Kay have a very settled and really intense quality. Like two people playing tennis of a very high calibre. So there is absolutely no struggle to keep it classy.
Minissha is quick, funny, sharp and intelligent. She gets or rather understands what a director wants from a scene very quickly, so there is no need to sit and explain things to her, and then she will go and right away do the things she has to.
You would be playing a fairly serious character in Shaurya and then you play a comic character in Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam. Tell me, what kind of roles come more naturally to you? The one that comes most naturally to me is comedy, but people think that it’s the more serious stuff that comes easily to me. But I don’t care, I hope that people would say the same thing about me when it comes to action!
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