New Delhi:
Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput is all set to make a grand comeback with upcoming movie 'Detective Byomkesh Bakshi'. 'PK' star spoke exclusively to News Nation about the insiders of the movie and also his contribution.
First thing first! He gave an idea about what character is, and also revealed how it runs on a different note that people still don't know about Byomkesh.
"The character of Byomkesh in the film is very different from what people have seen so far. It is not about the detective, instead its about how he became one," Sushant said.
"The film presents story of a young college boy, who shows interest in solving small cases, but unfortunately lands into the one way beyond his expectations. That case transforms his life in such a manner that he becomes Byomkesh Bakshi we know in present days," the actor added while talking about the character.
On asking about his experience of playing a retro character he said, "An actor gives good six-seven months of his life to a film and playing different is the only asset one actor can have."
While he was busy elaborating the character and its specifications, I digged a bit further and asked him about that one thing on which Byomkesh rely most to solve his cases.
"Instincts!" He replied. Then elaborated, "at first he solves cases with the help of instincts successfully but when he tries his hand on a big one it backfires and puts him in deep trouble, the case transforms his personality forever."
He also talked about how it is not an adaptation of the old Byomkesh Bakshi, instead a fresh package with contemporary feel attached to it.
"We haven't played with the period, the film strictly presents Calcutta of 1943 and the same story Sharad Indu Ji had written, but appearance, visuals, editing, ligjting and even music are contemporary."
Now, while he was focusing on how things have been kept similar to what it was in 1943, i posted a question - how it connects with the audiences on 2015?
Hitting every notch of sensibility, he said, "Dibakar once asked him about what he feels about 1940s of cinema. To which he gave answer anyone could have thought off black and white era, larger than life issues, etc. But, Dibakar then asked him to watch a documentary of 4 hours where people had no idea about they are being captured in the camera. After watching that he found out that people were doing the same things which we do now, the only difference is technology but the emotions are same. And those emotions, curiosity to know what is going to happen next bridge relation between current viewers and old era."
On asking about Adolf Hitler connection wit the film, he smiled, giggled and remained unanswered by simply saying, "watch the film to know the answer."
Since he will be seen as Mahendra Singh Dhoni in his upcoming biopic, I also asked him about his take on India failing to reclaim World Cup champions title.
"In India, cricket is all about emotions, Team India win a match people say they have won it and start celebrating, if team lose a match people say they lost it and start reacting to it. We need to change this mind set," said PK actor.
He also slammed twitter troll against her friend Anushka Sharma and said, "people have no shame in blaming a person who has no relation to it."
"People in India just want to find a logic that is why they are blaming Anushka," he added.
Pushing interview towards the end he said he will soon be doing something for the idiot box and also the digital platform in coming future.
Well, promos are promising and we wished actor all luck for the success of the film.
