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Karan Singh Grover essays the role of Asad Ahmed Khan, the man with angst and silence his valor. Karan Singh Grover takes his character to the level where Asad's obsessive compulsive
disorder (OCD) of cleanliness is second nature. There was a scene where he cringes as Zoya pours two spoons of coffee on the table to rile him up. But
anger ultimately gets the better of him and he upturns the mug (thankfully, not on Zoya's head - but somewhere he must have wanted to). The director, Gul Khan had asked him to first
pour the whole cup on the table and then clean it up frantically as his OCD would get the better of him. Now, while the scene was shot, Karan Singh Grover took tissues out of the box,
however even as his hands moved to clean the table, he took a second to straighten the vase that was not placed
perfectly (according to him) and then continued the task of cleaning the table. This is what makes Karan Singh Grover. Be the character.
On sets, we have seen the energy he puts in his scenes. Especially during action sequence. His adrenalin is at a
high and interestingly he does not rest in between shots lest it drops and the scene has a mismatch of energy. We have not seen him feel the fatigue
after shooting strenuous action
sequences that requires him to jump over railings, do Parkour moves and climb stairs two at a time. These are just some of the things he can do. His flying roundhouse kick (Yes, he is trained in martial arts and it was he who supplied with the exact
terminology) is something one needs to watch for real, in slow motion. He particularly loves action sequences.
When asked how he feels about romantic scenes, his reply is that they are toughest as to emote when there are people sitting right under your nose holding a thermocol sheet would actually make one laugh. And to portray
that the lady love is the only thing he can see in the whole wide world is something he has had to work at. Also when one is supposed to be deeply look into the eyes of the person you love, you are being told on a speaker
by the director to give all sorts of expressions and that is not a cake walk.
We also asked how easy it is from him to switch off after a scene is done and he says, "I take longer to switch off than
switch on. Once I am on the set and in the scene, I am the character but after doing an emotional scene, its takes a bit
longer to switch off."
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