We all have must heard the saying "Poetry in motion" when some dancer dances with a fluidity that we no longer require music to guide one for his steps. I know that this is not an idiom or something like that but still want to say this "A Novel Personified". Whenever I watch Shantanu act any scene this is what I feel like "A Novel Personified". The way a writer writes and personifies all the feelings felt by the character and makes us feel them, each emotion distinct yet coherent, each emotion described completely in depth making us know and feel every emotion the character feels, with the same intensity it feels. Makes us understand them. In the same way when he acts I can feel every emotion with the same intensity that he feels makes his every expression distinct giving the words of the writer expression and brings it to life. Not just the intense ones but also the small gasps and the stammers (I have seen and noted it too and not just saying it I can mark them when he did so). He does it all. A complete package brings life not only just to what the writer has written but also to what writer was not able to put in words. He lives the character and makes us believe that he is not Shantanu but Swayam, Rahul, Shan, the geek, Sahir who is in front of the camera not once do we notice Shantanu on screen. Just are in awe of his acting like boss yeh banda itni achchi acting karta kaise hai.
At last I would just want to say that everyday when I watch him on my television as Sahir, I just want him to continue doing what he does, because he does much more than just acting, this cannot be termed as acting what he does. I don't have words other than saying that he actually lives the character.