Muzamil Ibrahim Opens up on Debut film Dhokha; Reveals his Father was Against Him Playing such a Mature Role at Young Age

Muzamil Ibrahim was recently seen in Neeraj Pandey’s Special ops for Hotstar Specials where he essayed the role of Agent Avinash and gathered lots of positive responses for his performance in the series. Muzamil took to his social media account and penned a heartfelt note on him debuting at the age of 21 with the film Dhokha and how everyone including his father asked him not to take up the role. He also said that he was gravitated towards serious cinema and loved Mahesh Bhatt’s realistic films. 

In the post, Muzamil shared,  “Dhokha, year 2007, debuting at the age of 21, in 4th year of my college, playing a husband, had its own challenges. Everyone told me not to do it, including my father. To this day he never wanted me to play such a mature role at that a young age and was completely against my choice then (he still blames me for taking it up, but loves how I performed). Even though I had the option of choosing other more commercial subjects from few of the top production houses in the country I still went with this one. Many people ask me the reason why I choose such a serious film for my debut and at that young an age? (In our industry actors shy away from playing husband even in their mid 30s). 

The answer is, I always gravitated towards serious cinema and I loved Mahesh Bhatt realistic films. Bhatt Sir while signing me for the film told me that this film will be read out in your obituary and rightly so.”

Muzamil further added, “There hasn’t been a day, week or month gone by over these past 12 years when people haven’t told me how well I had performed in the film. And messages never cease to stop. It will perhaps be my most challenging performance emotionally to come in a long time. I never used glycerine for tears or depended on any tricks to act, I didn’t act, coz I didn’t know how to and till now I strive never to act. I just went and performed my true self, the pain I had bottled up inside me while growing up as a kid in Kashmir, and everything that I had shared with Mahesh Bhatt Sir while writing of this film, which came instrumental while performing later. No matter how much acclaim it has won me over the years I’ll always remember it for the sheer hard work and perseverance I had put in for the role and what all it ended up teaching me as an actor. Thank you all for all your love over the years.”

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