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| After Ronit Roy, who spearheaded a new breed of middle-aged salt 'n pepper heroes, Ram Kapoor has been superlative in carrying the baton forward. The trend has gained momentum since then. After all, romancing women half your age, that too with unmatched conviction, is no mean feat. And he has been doing it with elan as Jai Walia in Kasamh Se for four years. And now, the actor is at his best again - creating ripples - this time as JR Thakral in Kyunkii Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thhi. | ||
| Like every show on the small screen, Kyunkii too has had its share of highs and lows. As the Balaji camp struggled to manoeuvre its way through the storm post Smriti Irani's exit, the makers were busy trying to conjure up the unthinkable to win back those eyeballs. | ||
| In fact, after Ram's real life wife Gautami replaced Smriti Irani as Tulsi a month ago his entry into Kyunkii... was just a matter of time. Speculation was rife as to what character he would play in the serial. And then came another new role, this time too, it was Ekta's brainchild. She unveiled Ram's character, especially designed by Manish Malhotra, at an event recently. | ||
| Thakral is no ordinary character and his entry caused quite a stir in the show and is now influencing all other characters, including Tulsi. Going by the soap queen's version, it is "something that has not been tried on Indian television so far with the idea to break the clutter on TV." | ||
| Says the man himself: "More than men he trusts cats and his favourite colour is green. He is very intelligent and sharp, a kind of person who will not stand in a corner but will get noticed everywhere. However, his son is completely different from him." | ||
| No wonder, Ram is in love with his new, eccentricity. "The look is classy and very different and it's a drastic change for me as well. Thakral is an intense, stylish and peculiar man. And it's quite different from my role in Kasamh Se," he says. | ||
| Believe him, he had to lose 6 kg to play the character of Thakral. Ask him if the negative shades of his character bother him and he says "call it grey shades. Even Jai Walia of Kasamh Se is not a completely positive character. He is a combination of positive and negative shades. That's how people are in real life," he adds. | ||
| Most feel he's a combination of Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Al Pacino in The Devil's Advocate and Glenn Close in 101 Dalmatians. Another aspect that makes his character in Kyunkii more special is that it gives him a chance to work opposite his wife Gautami. The couple was last seen sharing screen space in Balaji's Ghar Ek Mandir years ago. | ||
| At a time when young heroes have taken a backseat, Ram is not scared to experiment with age: "I think that an actor needs to be professional in order to play any kind of role. I really do not find any logic when an actor says that he cannot play a father or grandfather. We are actors and cannot expect to play characters only of our age," he says. Off screen Ram is in his early 30s. |
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