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Mumbai:
It has been 14 years for Rajkummar Rao within the motion pictures and the actor says he continues to be hungry for difficult roles fairly like his upcoming movie “Srikanth”, by which he performs the visually impaired industrialist Srikanth Bolla.
The actor, who made his movie debut with 2010’s Love Intercourse Aur Dhokha, has carved a distinct segment for himself with movies throughout genres like Shahid, Trapped, Bareilly Ki Barfi, Newton, Stree, and Monica, O My Darling, amongst many others.
In Srikanth, Rao essays the position of the titular industrialist who pursued his desires regardless of his visible impairment, finally founding Bollant Industries. Directed by Tushar Hiranandani, the movie will hit the screens on Could 10.
“I do not actually plan. No matter character, movie I am doing at that second, that is (turns into) my dream position. I am solely targeted on that character and that story. I am positive there’s far more forward for me.
“Like, two-three years in the past I did not know that I’d have the ability to do ‘Srikanth’, but it surely occurred. (At the moment) There’s extra starvation in me as an actor, and there is extra hearth. There will be far more difficult characters (coming) my means,” the Nationwide Award winner advised PTI in an interview right here.
Requested if he want to do an motion movie or a potboiler film, Rao mentioned he did not have any such want.
“But when any person provides me a movie like that with an amazing story connected to it and any person smart is making it, then I do not thoughts it,” he added.
The 39-year-old actor, who has been a part of critically-acclaimed biographical tasks like Shahid, Omerta and Bose: Lifeless/Alive, mentioned there’s a “obligation” in direction of the real-life character he performs on display.
“In biopics, you are portraying a real-life character. Some individuals know that character, if not all. So, there’s at all times that comparability. In case you hit it proper, you may get loads of love as a result of individuals could be like, ‘Wow, he is truly recreated the identical individual for us on display’.
“But when we hit it improper, then there is a large drawback. It isn’t a accountability, however there’s some obligation in direction of the individual whose life you are portraying as a result of he has his individuals round who know him for such a very long time. So, there’s some type of obligation in direction of his life,” he mentioned.
Rao was Hiranandani’s first option to play the lead position in “Srikanth” and the actor mentioned he was a bit scared initially to take up the position.
“I really like challenges. And, one thing that scares me excites me much more. And ‘Srikanth’ did that to me. I’ve by no means performed a visually impaired man earlier than. I did not know if I’d have the ability to do it.
“However that is the enjoyable the place you push your self out of your consolation zone. There was a lot analysis that needed to be carried out. Every time I get a possibility like that, I completely cherish it,” Rao mentioned.
The Gurugram-born actor mentioned he wasn’t effectively versed with Bolla’s life story till Hiranandani reached out to him for the movie.
“However after I obtained to find out about his story, I used to be impressed… I believed it could be such an inspiring story. I knew the best way Tushar wrote it that it will not be a tragic movie. It could be a movie which is able to make you smile, cry slightly however offers you a lot. It would additionally inform you about an vital and superb journey of this nice man referred to as Srikanth,” he mentioned.
Rao recalled his first assembly with Bolla and described the tech entrepreneur as somebody who was “vigorous”.
“He’s witty, assured, go-getter and loves speaking… I used to be completely zapped as a result of he is so assured about all the pieces in life. Generally I’d ask him (director Hiranandani) that ‘Are you positive he is blind as a result of he comes throughout as if he’s far more regular than us’,” he mentioned.
Alaya F, Jyotika and Sharad Kelkar additionally spherical out the solid of “Srikanth”. The movie is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishna Kumar and Nidhi Parmar Hiranandani.
