Sanjay Dutt’s most memorable performances are those the place he has performed morally advanced characters, and looking out again, the actor says it was his 1993 film Khalnayak that helped him step out of his consolation zone and tackle larger-than-life characters.
Dutt made a spectacular entry in Hindi cinema with 1981 movie Rocky and later headlined movies similar to Vidhaata, Imaandaar, Jeete Hain Shaan Se, Ilaaka, Taaqatwar and Thaanedar. But taking part in Ballu in Subhash Ghai’s tremendous hit Khalnayak gave him a possibility to experiment together with his decisions, as a substitute of proscribing himself in good man roles.
“It’s a risk that I took in my career when I played characters with different shades. It paid off because I was convinced that I could challenge myself as an actor. If I’m not convinced, then how will audiences be convinced? It was when I did Khalnayak that I realised that I should look for roles out of my comfort zone,” Dutt informed PTI in an interview whereas discussing his roles in Daud, Daag: The Fire, Vaastav, Kaante and Musafir. His characters in these movies have been additionally larger-than-life figures, the 62-year-old actor mentioned.
“I believe playing larger-than-life characters is an important phase in an actor’s life because the public love these characters. I have learned this during my 40 years long career. So I prefer doing these kinds of roles and I love them.”
He mentioned that when he would characteristic in movies alongside his contemporaries like Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff and Sunny Deol, the drive was at all times to develop as actors, one thing that’s lacking within the present technology of actors.
“Actors right this moment are very devoted to their craft. They aren’t aware. But with us — me, Jackie (Shroff) and Anil (Kapoor) — we weren’t insecure. I labored with everybody within the trade once I began out. Same goes for Anil and Jackie, and even Sunny.
“From Dilip (Kumar) sir to Amitji (Amitabh Bachchan), we worked with everyone. We were not insecure as we wanted to learn from these stalwarts. When I worked with Amitji, I was like, ‘I’m sharing screen space with him, what can I learn from him?’ This was our way of thinking when we were working. I believe this thought process should come back,” he added.
Dutt now stars in Kannada film Ok.G.F: Chapter 2, the much-awaited comply with as much as 2019 hit Ok.G.F. Headlined by Kannada famous person Yash, the movie will see Dutt within the position of Adheera, a personality that was teased in direction of the tip of the primary film. Dutt mentioned it was out of the blue that the makers of the sequel approached him to play the primary antagonist Adheera.
“I got a call one day and these people wanted to come and meet me. So they came and I was totally amazed by the character. I asked them how and why they thought of me playing Adheera in the movie. They told me that they want only me to play this role. This is a really exceptional character. Adheera is so strong as a character and I instantly said yes to it.”
Dutt revealed that Ok.G.F: Chapter Two was “the first ever offer that came from the South”. “I don’t know why (I was never approached before)… I believe there is no segmentation today as the whole industry is one big family, which is a good thing for Indian cinema. We now represent the Indian film industry.”
Talking about his character Adheera, the actor mentioned the position is totally completely different from Kancha Cheena, the bald-headed antagonist of Hrithik Roshan-starrer Agneepath. “This character is as strong as Kancha Cheena was in Agneepath. But where the character is different is his unpredictable nature. He has a different look and a challenge. Adheera is out there to rightfully claim back KGF. He is right in his own way that he wants his kingdom back,” he mentioned.
In the movie’s trailer, Dutt regarded extraordinarily menacing and fierce as Adheera with braided hair and a mustachioed persona. The actor revealed that he has typically regarded for elements throughout his whole profession the place the character has a sure model assertion. However, the method of getting the look proper is usually a problem.
“I do search for characters that have a certain style, be it Ballu from Khalnayak, Ajju from Kaante, Billa from Musafir or Kancha Cheena from Agneepath. But it is always a challenge to get the look right. I remember, when I did Agneepath, the director told me that he wants me to go bald for the character. I was initially taken aback and told him how I can do that. They initially tried using prosthetics but it didn’t work out because of the hot weather at the time. It was then that I decided to shave my head. Here the challenge was to get tattoos and shlokas written on the head.”
Directed by Prashanth Neel and in addition starring Srinidhi Shetty, Raveena Tandon and Prakash Raj, Ok.G.F: Chapter Two can be launched in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi on April 14.
