~*Sushant's Bollywood Journey *~#17 - Page 78

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| Friday , September 26 , 2014 Padded up to bat for Captain Cool - Sushant Singh Rajput plays lead in M.S. Dhoni " The untold story

AMIT BHELARI

Coming soon: The poster of the film Padded up for the biggest biopic of 2015, Patna boy Sushant Singh Rajput has quite a challenging pitch to bat on. The reason: The actor has to play the role of India captain in M.S. Dhoni " The untold story. The first look of the movie's poster was tweeted on Thursday by Dhoni's better-half Sakshi Singh Dhoni. "Clearing out all those rumours being carried out past few days. It was all false.. Here you go ...BOOM !!!" read the tweet of Captain Cool's wife. Sushant, who has previously donned the hat of a cricketer in Kai Po Che! in 2013, expressed happiness over the first look of the poster. "I am very happy to play the lead role. I am Dhoni's super fan. But I never thought I would ever get an opportunity to enact on screen a person, whom I always admire. I want to thank my director for choosing me for the role. I cannot play like Dhoni but I would try my level best to act like him on the ground so that people can relate me with the role," said Sushant. Directed by Neeraj Pandey of A Wednesday and Special 26 fame, the film on the Indian skipper is set to hit theatres in 2015. The release date is yet to be announced. The poster shows Sushant's back, wearing Dhoni's "lucky" jersey number 7 and holding the bat in the captain's unique style on the shoulder. The bat has Dhoni's moniker "Mahi" written on its upper edge. In a yorker of sorts, weeks back there were rumours that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) would oppose the biopic. But the BCCI in a statement said they will have no issues, until the film hampers the career of captain Dhoni. Sushant's father K.K. Singh, who is very happy with his son's filmy spell, said: "My son told me three months back that he had met Dhoni to take cricketing tips from him. He was working hard to perfect Dhoni's helicopter shot. I am waiting for the film to release. My son is the lead in the biopic on Dhoni. So, there's a sense of pride. The recent biopics on Milkha Singh and Mary Kom have received appreciation from across the country and abroad. Hope, this too gets its due." http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140926/jsp/bihar/story_18872634.jsp

Wow...they got Sushant's dad to comment. Love what he has to say. TFS!

Translation of Sushant's AnandBazar Patrika interview:

When Neeraj Pandey offered u the role of Dhoni ,did u ask him 'why did u select me for this role;?

Sushant- why will I ask him that? He has some idea in his mind that is why he selected me.. After that why to ask him this question and create confusion? Not just 'M.S. Dhoni' i didn't ask this question Dibakar at the time of Byomkesh's casting..If they think I m the right choice then they must be right

Are u Dhoni fan?

Sushant-of course.he is a brilliant cricketer.. he won world cup for India 2 times..u cann't see through him... he keeps his cool even when he is under pressure... he is very different from others... to play his role i need to understand him first

So have u started the difficult task of understanding him? After interacting with him did u come to know about some facts about him which general public do not know?

Sushant- we have to discuss more.. still i could understand that he is a very cool person.. and very sorted.. he has a certain plan for everything.. not just that if that plan doesn't work then he has plan B,plan C ready

How is ur wicketkeeping? have u learnt helicopter shot?

Sushant- I haven't started preparing yet.. still i can say i will learn wicketkeeping before going to first day shoot ..i will meet Neeraj in a few days... then we will discuss in details... I can only say that i will give my everything in playing Dhoni's role..he is very popular and different people have different opinion about him.. So i need to be very careful..


Has Dhoni given u some advice?

Sushant- Not yet..

Have u ever thought how will it feel if u get an offer to play the role of Saurav Ganguly?

- I don't think that way... when i think whether i will do a movie a or not then a different process starts within me... while reading script or listening to it i try to understand whether i feel any necessity to do the film... Saurav is a very good captain, very good speaker.. he has so many good qualities.. Still before doing a film there are different thoughts in my mind.. I have list of my fav directors.. don't have any other favourite list...

U once made a list of ur fav five director..u have already worked with four of them..

Sushant-yes.. Now i have made list of 10 directors..

Tell us the names.
Sushant- no.. if i tell the names now what if that doesn't happen.. if happens then call me again.. I will tell u how many tick marks are there in my list

u have worked with different directors.. have u noticed their different characteristics?

-Some things are same for everyone... certain things are different bt that is their own characteristics.. someone like to take a shot with a steady camera, someone like to take it with moving camera.. bt one thing i like most about them that is they know how to make a movie... and they listen to all suggestions with great importance..

At the time of Lagaan many ppl told Aamir that movie on cricket will not work... After Lagaan M.S. dhoni is the biggest film on cricket.. Do u feel any pressure?

-I played cricketer in my first movie kai po che also and movie did well.. Though I don't agree to do a movie based on its gener.. first i see whether the movie has something to say.. then i start preparation... till the last day of shoot i stay in character.. then I say good bye to the character..I switch off myself from the movie.. After that i don't think about how much money the film made,it worked or not... Many people ask me if I do movies for money or fame.. These things are driving force.. bt they are not everything..

U r doing P.K with Aamir Khan.. What did u learn from him?

-When i first met Aamir, he was rehearsing for a song.. he first told me what he felt about my character Ishaan in koi po che.. After that he told me where i should pay attention as an actor..

Such as?
- I will not say everything in interview... Point is that after meeting Aamir i have learnt that how ppl like Aamir are in top position for a long time.. he has curiosity for everything.. Even when he goes to play a character he tries to know everything about the character.. i also like to work that way.. After meeting Aamir i felt that i m going in the right path

Once u said Rajkumar Hirani gave u a 20 rs note for signing PK.. is that note still with u?

- Yes... i have got it laminated... One month before getting this role i saw Raju Hirani in Carter Road Mumbai.. I was thinking wish i get to work with him one day.. and that happened after month.. Raju is a gentleman... very polite

U r doing very different role within a short time.. is this usp of ur career?

-i became an actor so that i can do different role.. This is why i left engineering.. the world of different characters fascinates me ..when Adi told me to do Byomkesh i gave audition.. after that i read script.. and a new world was opened in front of my eyes.. i did not know that world before.. I watched all the work on byomkesh before i started shooting.. be it Rajit Kapoor's byomkesh on DD national or bangla movies on byomkesh

Anjan Dutt's movies?
- yes... i saw

Do u know Abir Chattopadhyay?
- (laughs) yes.. I saw his byomkesh

How is ur Byomkesh different from other Byomkesh?

- In all these byomkesh movies byomkesh knows he is byomkesh , he knows he is intelligent.. In our movie Byomkesh is young.he has just passed out from college.. In this movie bymomkesh will first discover himself as Bymokesh.. In our series probably in the third film byomkesh will realise that he is Byomkesh..cases are there in the movie ... bt there is another thing also.. that is Byomkesh is very lonely.. he shows others that he is happy that way ... bt actually he wants a companion..

Companion means? male or female?
- male female that is not main thing.. In real life we also want such companion ... we want uncondional love.. we want some ppl who do not judge us

U r working with swastika.. how is her character in the film?
- I cannot give any other details about the film

U r doing so much important films in short time.. still u r not seen in news that much... Is this deliberate?

-I feel my work will speak for me... i don't have to shout myself.. i don't like to socialise anyway... i m an introvert person.. I cannot speak for more than 5-10 mins if i don't get any interesting topic..

(i didn't understand this line proeperly) and then ppl spead more rumours about u

-rumours do not matter for me.. when i was doing tv i heard i consider myself as SRK.. Then i heard i m getting films because i can dance well.. bt i have not danced in my first five film..i don't care about the rumours..i just do my work.. enjoy my life in my own way.. after that i go to my home.. Ankita is there.. i spend time with her.. and there are some special friends also..

There are rumours about ur quitting Paani..are they true?

- No.. I m doing Paani.. This is a very big project... I don't have any reference for this film.. For Byomkesh i have 1940's movies of Kolkata.. For M.S.Dhoni i have visual reference..bt there is nothing for Paani.. it is totally based on imagination..

I didn't understand this question also properly.. he was asked does he feel insecure about his contemporaries or something like that

- when i started working with directors like dibakar,shkehar kapoor, raju hirani i started to see my life in a different way.. who said what,who wrote what i just don't care.. Can u believe there is no newspaper , Tv at Dibakar's house..

Do u have tv in ur house? u did tv for a long time..

- yes i have.. I watch some movies,series... bt I don't watch any gossip channel.. I watch Ankita's serial if she tells me to watch.. If she says ' see how is my costume in Pavitra Rishta'.. then i watch it..

In one interview u said ur knowledge about film is very less.. In ur profession those have less knowledge they also pretend to have more knowledge.. then why this confession?

- when we talk with a person like Shekhar Kapoor then we come to know how much our knowledge is limited compared to him.. After realising this i don't want to show off limited knowledge.. i cann't fake it.. May be that is why i give less interviews.. what will i say in 500 interviews.. If i do good work in a film only then there will be something to say..

Bt ppl will misunderstand u then...

- when i was shooting for Byomkesh my mobile was not with me for 6 months..

Really?
- Yes.. that was my debut film year.. there were award functions everywhere.. I couldn't attend any of them... Actually which work will be give priority in life that has to be decided before.. That time that work was more important..If I don't work well then people will not want my interview also..

6 months ur mobile was not with u,ur girlfriend's condition must be bad that time

-Landline was there.. Everyday after shooting i used to call her after going back to my hotel room.. actuallly having no mobile is very good.. u feel very free..

Heard u r getting married next year?
-Yes.. Ankita and I bought new house.. If everything goes well then we will get married next year...

what are the things that u will never do in ur life?
-there are 3 things.. First no matter how much name fame i get if i don't like then i will not do films.. Second will never sign a project based on how much money i will get for that project.. Third will never forget first two point..


Sorry for the mistakes😳

Omg u translated whole of it?! Thank u so much Tanmi! Big hug to u!!

Now I'll go and read it.

Byomkesh will get to know he is Byomkesh in the THIRD FILM? EeeKkkss!!!

How sweet of him, he still watches Pavitra Rishta sometimes for Ankita .

@tanmi darling tussi great ho👏 I m banality but it's so long interview I couldn't translation with such effeciant.i don't have that patience. Very good interview but I would love if sush would said he will give more interview for his fan

Thank uuu sooo much tanmi fr d translation u did a vry gud job
As always interview is very nyc
His all ans r soo brilliant and perfect
Awww he still watches pvr fr seeing anki's costumes when she ask fr soo swt they r 😃 😃
Love them i wish everything goes well and they will get married early next year can't wait 😛 😛
And as he always said he never speaks much n only wabts his work to speak i wish his role in p.k will be loved by all and dbb ,paani , msd biopic will be a grt success fr him 😃 😃

That's the first tym saw sushant's dad cmnt that is soo swt he is sooo proud of sushant u can feel hw much happy he is by reading his lines 😃