Dhadhak actor Ishaan Khatter: I want to work in different genres, and

Ishaan Khatter made his film debut with
Majid Majidi's Beyond The Clouds and
followed it up with the commercially
successful film Dhadak. Directed by
Shashank Khaitan, Dhadak was the Hindi
adaptation of Nagraj Manjule's Marathi film
Sairat. In Dhadak, Ishaan worked alongside
Janhvi Kapoor.
Dhadak will have its world television
premiere on September 30 on Zee Cinema.
On the sidelines of the world television
premiere, Ishaan spoke to
indianexpress.com about what these two
films mean to him, and the kind of films he
wants to do next.
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You have done two films and both have
been successful. With so much success in
the very beginning of your career, do you
feel any kind of pressure?
Not really, I look at it as a very positive
thing. However, I think my first film (Beyond
the Clouds) did not do well commercially,
but it was heralded by a lot of important
people around the world as a very good
film. It did a lot for me, it was a huge
learning process. I am very proud of it, and
have absolutely no regret. Dhadak did very
well, and was liked by a wide audience in
our country, and overseas. So, I feel it was a
blessing to be a part of both these films.
Just getting the opportunity to play these
characters and working with the people
that I did, that is a huge blessing for me.
Only good things can come out of these
films, as there was so much positive energy
on sets of both these films. Pressure is not a
word that I associate with very much, it is a
matter of perspective. It depends on your
disposition as a person, it can either be that
you are pressurised by something or you
can be motivated and encouraged by it.
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A still from the movie Dhadak
What is the direction that you would like
your career to take now?
I am extremely eclectic in choosing my films
as an audience, and as a direct result of
that, I love exploring, I love cinema and I
love learning from different experiences. So,
my aim is to be part of different kinds of
films, work with different minds, and play
all kinds of characters. The idea is to work
in different genres, and hopefully make a
good career graph. I love to play varied
roles, that's the most exciting thing for me.
How did you react when you first came to
know that you are going to be a part of
Sairat's Hindi adaptation and work with
Janhvi Kapoor?
The first time I was told that I'll be doing
Dhadak was right before I watched Sairat. I
was on my way to the screening of Sairat
with Shashank, who is the director of the
film. At that time I had no idea that I would
be working with him, or that he had
planned on remaking Sairat in Hindi. Sairat
is such a consuming movie so I was stuck
into its story. It has such a poignant end
that I was quite moved by it. After sitting in
silence for about fifteen minutes, it hit me
that this is the film Shashank wanted to
make. I felt a huge responsibility was
coming my way because it is such a
sensitive subject, that was the first feeling
that sunk in.
When I came to know that I am doing the
film with Janhvi, without making it
apparent, I felt very good about it. When I
met her, I was reassured of that. There is a
very breezy, light and happy energy about
her. And, she is very dedicated to whatever
she does.
What are the character traits you had
decided to take up and not take up from
Parshya in Sairat? How invested were you
while playing Madhu in Dhadak?
After watching Sairat and understanding it
completely, and after understanding what
Shashank wanted to do with the
adaptation, I had to completely forget
Sairat, not erase it from my mind though. I
did not have to be influenced by it or by
Parshya. We were making our own film and
in many ways, it is different than Sairat, it is
an adaptation yes, but it is a totally different
film, it has its own language. With that I
don't mean the actual language, but it has
its own cinematic language too. It was
important to understand the essence of
Parshya's character and what we wanted to
translate into our film. Everything that
Madhu was, the subtext was different. The
idea was not to borrow certain elements, or
add some, or manipulate the character, it
was supposed to be treated as a fresh
character.

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