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Mumbai:
It has been 14 years for Rajkummar Rao within the films and the actor says he continues to be hungry for difficult roles fairly like his upcoming movie “Srikanth”, wherein 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 function of the titular industrialist who pursued his goals regardless of his visible impairment, finally founding Bollant Industries. Directed by Tushar Hiranandani, the movie will hit the screens on May 10.
“I do not actually plan. No matter character, movie I am doing at that second, that is (turns into) my dream function. 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’, however it occurred. (At present) There’s extra starvation in me as an actor, and there is extra hearth. There will be far more difficult characters (coming) my approach,” the Nationwide Award winner informed 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 someone provides me a movie like that with an ideal story connected to it and someone wise 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 the direction of the real-life character he performs on display.
“In biopics, you are portraying a real-life character. Some folks know that character, if not all. So, there’s all the time that comparability. When you hit it proper, you will get a whole lot of love as a result of folks could be like, ‘Wow, he is really recreated the identical particular person for us on display’.
“But when we hit it improper, then there is a large downside. It is not a accountability, however there’s some obligation in the direction of the particular person whose life you are portraying as a result of he has his folks round who know him for such a very long time. So, there’s some sort of obligation in the direction of his life,” he mentioned.
Rao was Hiranandani’s first option to play the lead function in “Srikanth” and the actor mentioned he was a bit scared initially to take up the function.
“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 completed. Each time I get a chance like that, I completely cherish it,” Rao mentioned.
The Gurugram-born actor mentioned he wasn’t nicely versed with Bolla’s life story till Hiranandani reached out to him for the movie.
“However once I acquired to find out about his story, I used to be impressed… I assumed it could be such an inspiring story. I knew the best way Tushar wrote it that it will not be a tragic movie. It might be a movie which can make you smile, cry slightly however offers you a lot. It should additionally inform you about an necessary and wonderful 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 every little thing in life. Typically 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 forged of “Srikanth”. The movie is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishna Kumar and Nidhi Parmar Hiranandani.
