Popular tv actor Kritika Kamra is about to make her digital debut with the Amazon Prime Video collection Tandav.
In this unique interview with indianexpress.com, Kritika talks about her function within the Ali Abbas Zafar directorial, her greatest takeaway and extra.
Excerpts from the dialog:
From the time the teaser of Tandav dropped, it has left us all intrigued. Tell us extra about your half within the collection.
I’m enjoying Sana Mir, a political science pupil. She hails from Kashmir and is politically very energetic. It’s truly very tough to explain her in a couple of traces. Like most characters within the present, Sana can be very intense. She has these journalistic goals at the same time as she is concerned in campus politics. There is a really fascinating arc to her character.
How did Tandav occur?
I bought a name from the casting crew for an audition. While they didn’t give me any particulars, the scene I learn was very fascinating. That made me actually intrigued, and I needed to know extra in regards to the world. Till that point, I didn’t even know who was making it. The spherical went rather well, and after we had a couple of extra assessments, I used to be given the certain script. Incidentally, I used to be touring then and the script was so advanced, with so many tracks working collectively, that I couldn’t learn it at one go. I truly relished it and browse an episode a day. By the time I completed it, I used to be blown away. I actually needed to do the present as I haven’t seen something like this made in India.
While we don’t know rather a lot in regards to the script, we’ve got been blown away by the stellar star solid. Tell us in regards to the expertise of working with them.
It was completely sensible and I have to add they’re so nicely solid. When I used to be studying the script, I used to be so curious to know who’s enjoying who. I believe it was after we had the primary desk studying along with all of the solid that I lastly bought to place faces to those characters. There had been lots of people I knew, and a few, after all, I bought to know by way of the undertaking. I believe as soon as we had been on set, we had been all prepped, and it was an incredible expertise working with every one among them.
And how was Ali Abbas Zafar as a director?
He is simply nice. Given his previous work, all of us anticipate his initiatives to be grand and a blockbuster. He does that so nicely. Since it is a political drama, all the things is simply so huge and so amazingly shot. Ali can be very clear-headed and quick. He is aware of precisely what he needs and the way you must do it. Once you’re on the set, earlier than , your scenes are over. It was truly loads of enjoyable taking pictures for Tandav.
What has been your greatest takeaway from Tandav?
Loads. We shot for the present a very long time again, and all of us have been actually ready for its launch. I haven’t spoken about it, and nobody knew I did this present. I’ve labored with some nice individuals, and simply the expertise of being on the identical set is my greatest takeaway. Tandav is the primary collection on this style and it’s wonderful as an actor to be part of one thing so huge. I believe the expertise, reminiscences and learnings have been most vital.
What’s your tackle pupil politics?
It is a vital half, and the present rightly explores the identical. The campus and centre politics someway affect one another, and you will note what occurs when the 2 paths cross. I can’t reveal a lot.
You have additionally been fairly vocal about your stand and politics in latest instances on social media. Do you suppose it’s vital for public figures to do this?
I believe it’s very private, and I’d prefer to preserve it that manner.
While trolling isn’t new to celebrities, now there’s a worry of boycott and even being known as anti-national by a sure part. How do you cope with it?
It’s half and parcel of the career. I believe I’m simply used to it and it doesn’t actually trouble me.
You moved out of tv whereas on the prime of your sport. You did Mitron, and now you will have Tandav. When you look again, do you suppose it was well worth the threat?
You ought to inform me that (laughs). I believe Tandav will give me the reply. I’ve been desirous to work on the net and actually waited for one thing as thrilling as this. It wouldn’t have made sense in any other case to do a task that I’ve already carried out previously. As an actor, I needed to push my artistic boundary. And now that I’m set to make my net debut, I’m holding my fingers crossed, and ready for suggestions about Tandav.
You have been fairly selective about your work. Is ‘slow and steady’ Kritika Kamra’s funda?
I believe it’s fairly apparent. I used to be fairly notorious for it whereas I used to be doing tv, and I believe it stays the identical.
Tandav will stream on Amazon Prime Video from January 15.
