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Sonam Kapoor
Sonam Kapoor looks at the magic and art of storytelling in films and books through the prism of characters she's played, and read about
When Sonam Kapoor walks into a room, there's an entourage that follows, much hustle-bustle, murmurs, dizzying activity. But once they've left, you find yourself sitting across not a diva with starry airs but a vivacious young girl who's willing to admit that she was once deadly afraid of letting the world know who she really is.
"I know a lot of people already know that I'm very moohfat and clumsy and say the wrong things all the time. There was a point in my life not too long ago when I was very certain that people didn't love me for who I am. I was upset when we began shooting for Khoobsurat because Mili draws a lot from my personality and my life and I was sure people would think I'm an idiot! But I learnt to embrace myself when I realised that all the things people were criticising about me are actually the best things about me. I think every girl out there should be able to celebrate herself like that," she says.
Considering how far many of the characters she has played have been from the personality she has come to embrace, how did she approach their portrayal? "You know, I trained in Theatre Arts as a director but never as an actor."
"So, I always knew how to direct someone but never how to apply that to myself. Right before Saawariya, however, I worked with a few people to whom I owe a lot of what I know today, including theatre actress Jayati Bhatia, Anupam Kher and Feroze Khan. Jayati Bhatia in particular has been a huge learning influence. She sat me down one day and asked me, when you were younger, did you ever play dress-up? I told her that I had an overactive imagination and had loved the game as a child, dressing up as someone else and believing that I'm that person. She said that was exactly what I needed to do now. As a writer, director, artist, actor or even a journalist, you need an imagination. That's the most important thing if you want to tell a story of any kind. I'm not from Benaras, I'm not from Chandni Chowk like in Delhi 6, I'm not from Kashmir like in Mausam... but I have an imagination," she says and reveals that one of the first things she does for any role she takes up is writing her own character sketch for it.
"I use my strengths: I'm good at creative writing so I write out a character sketch and do a lot of reading and research, and also a lot of observation. For Raanjhana, I was in Delhi for a month and did a lot of street plays without anyone knowing who I was, dressed in a black kurta and jeans and travelling all over the city to places like Dilli Haat and JNU... that experience gave me so much to learn from through people's reactions and everything else. There's an amazing thing that Lawrence Olivier once told Dustin Hoffman after he ran a long way to look tired for a scene. Olivier asked him, why don't you just try acting? That's what I do. I just imagine and pretend. I just act," she quips.
Has her long-cherished passion for reading fed into the way she writes her character sketches? "Absolutely. Everything I've read feeds into the way I imagine characters. I have a long list of favourite authors whose work I have thoroughly enjoyed over the years. Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being is one of my favourite books and more recently Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch was a fantastic read. However, most of my absolute favourite books have been classics. No matter how many modern authors I read I can never not re-read the Bronte sisters or Gone With The Wind, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens... these are works you can keep going back to. And if you ask me as an actor, reading gives me so much. These are all such different stories and characters from different times saying and representing different things. For example, I read Gone Girl a couple of years back and although it was the most amazing pulp fiction I had read in years, it made me question what love is really like. I was horrified at what people can do to each other. And then I decided on a whim to read Jane Eyre again and discovered romance all over again!"
She also points out that works written from a character's point of view are particularly helpful since they offer their own way of looking at the world. "When I read, I see everything through the eyes of a person who might be completely unlike anything I have ever been. The descriptiveness such works mostly contain really helps when it comes to writing my character sketches. I have a whole spectrum to draw from which doesn't have to include my own personality at all. Really, you don't actually need to have any similarity to a character to play that character convincingly. What you need is an active imagination and the drive to do as much research as you can," she concludes.
Originally posted by: --SH7_Sunny--
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Originally posted by: --SH7_Sunny--
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Originally posted by: chocolover89
I imagine and pretend'
Sep 05, 2014 - Nandini D. Tripathy
Sonam Kapoor
Sonam Kapoor looks at the magic and art of storytelling in films and books through the prism of characters she's played, and read about
When Sonam Kapoor walks into a room, there's an entourage that follows, much hustle-bustle, murmurs, dizzying activity. But once they've left, you find yourself sitting across not a diva with starry airs but a vivacious young girl who's willing to admit that she was once deadly afraid of letting the world know who she really is.
"I know a lot of people already know that I'm very moohfat and clumsy and say the wrong things all the time. There was a point in my life not too long ago when I was very certain that people didn't love me for who I am. I was upset when we began shooting for Khoobsurat because Mili draws a lot from my personality and my life and I was sure people would think I'm an idiot! But I learnt to embrace myself when I realised that all the things people were criticising about me are actually the best things about me. I think every girl out there should be able to celebrate herself like that," she says.
Considering how far many of the characters she has played have been from the personality she has come to embrace, how did she approach their portrayal? "You know, I trained in Theatre Arts as a director but never as an actor."
"So, I always knew how to direct someone but never how to apply that to myself. Right before Saawariya, however, I worked with a few people to whom I owe a lot of what I know today, including theatre actress Jayati Bhatia, Anupam Kher and Feroze Khan. Jayati Bhatia in particular has been a huge learning influence. She sat me down one day and asked me, when you were younger, did you ever play dress-up? I told her that I had an overactive imagination and had loved the game as a child, dressing up as someone else and believing that I'm that person. She said that was exactly what I needed to do now. As a writer, director, artist, actor or even a journalist, you need an imagination. That's the most important thing if you want to tell a story of any kind. I'm not from Benaras, I'm not from Chandni Chowk like in Delhi 6, I'm not from Kashmir like in Mausam... but I have an imagination," she says and reveals that one of the first things she does for any role she takes up is writing her own character sketch for it.
"I use my strengths: I'm good at creative writing so I write out a character sketch and do a lot of reading and research, and also a lot of observation. For Raanjhana, I was in Delhi for a month and did a lot of street plays without anyone knowing who I was, dressed in a black kurta and jeans and travelling all over the city to places like Dilli Haat and JNU... that experience gave me so much to learn from through people's reactions and everything else. There's an amazing thing that Lawrence Olivier once told Dustin Hoffman after he ran a long way to look tired for a scene. Olivier asked him, why don't you just try acting? That's what I do. I just imagine and pretend. I just act," she quips.
Has her long-cherished passion for reading fed into the way she writes her character sketches? "Absolutely. Everything I've read feeds into the way I imagine characters. I have a long list of favourite authors whose work I have thoroughly enjoyed over the years. Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being is one of my favourite books and more recently Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch was a fantastic read. However, most of my absolute favourite books have been classics. No matter how many modern authors I read I can never not re-read the Bronte sisters or Gone With The Wind, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens... these are works you can keep going back to. And if you ask me as an actor, reading gives me so much. These are all such different stories and characters from different times saying and representing different things. For example, I read Gone Girl a couple of years back and although it was the most amazing pulp fiction I had read in years, it made me question what love is really like. I was horrified at what people can do to each other. And then I decided on a whim to read Jane Eyre again and discovered romance all over again!"
She also points out that works written from a character's point of view are particularly helpful since they offer their own way of looking at the world. "When I read, I see everything through the eyes of a person who might be completely unlike anything I have ever been. The descriptiveness such works mostly contain really helps when it comes to writing my character sketches. I have a whole spectrum to draw from which doesn't have to include my own personality at all. Really, you don't actually need to have any similarity to a character to play that character convincingly. What you need is an active imagination and the drive to do as much research as you can," she concludes.
Originally posted by: chocolover89
What has been the most satisfying moment as a teacher?
Theatre is not just about entertainment but about guiding people to be socially aware and responsible human beings. When I look at my students, be it Shilpi Marwah, Deepak Dobriyal, Kangana Ranaut or Sonam Kapoor, it's most satisfying to see them move ahead in life with the principles I taught them.
Anything that your students did or said that touched you a lot?
Kangana said on a TV show recently that when she was in a state of confusion during her initial days in Delhi, I was like a farishta ...God to her ... it brought tears to my eyes. She is so famous today, and I'm just a middle-class teacher, yet she respects me so much. From the very first day I saw that passion in her eyes for the craft, she was always focussed and extremely hardworking. Sonam, too, was already a star when I mentored her, yet she was very rooted, and did gruelling workshops for 7-8 hours everyday. - See more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/i-am-always-very-touched-by-shah-rukh-s-loyalty-and-devotion-barry-john/article1-1260238.aspx#sthash.KJbMfU3Z.dpuf------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I didn't know Sonam worked with Barry John for Ranjhanaa. I think it's good that Sonam does all of these things to improve...and doesn't make a hullaboo about it like other actors.
Bollywood's most loved fashionista Sonam Kapoor recently visited the sets of celebrity dance reality show 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' and charmed everyone with her moves
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