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| Like Father Like Son - Shahid Kapoor By Subhash K Jha, 11 July, 2009 | |
 Shahid Kapoor, who plays a double role for the first time in Kaminey, has adopted his father Pankaj Kapur's method of acting. Both the characters, Guddu and Charlie, played by the actor have speech defects — one stammers and the other lisps.Pankaj Kapur has played a double role in Anubhav Sinha's Dus. When director Vishal Bharadwaj asked the senior actor's son to play the morally-incompatible twins, Shahid apparently studied the way his father played the double role in Dus. Amole Gupte, who plays the villain in Kaminey, confirmed the news and said that he has never witnessed such diligence. He said, "When Shahid played Guddu, who stammers, he completely internalised all of the character's traits, including the stammer, so the character doesn't end up looking like a caricature." On many occasions, Shahid would remain in character for days so that he wouldn't lose thread of the two roles. Elaborating on Shahid's preparation for the role, Amole said, "Shahid stayed on the sets throughout and did not retreat into his vanity van to keep absorbing the ambience and the sweaty milieu in which Guddu and Charlie had to function in their own separate ways. I know that Pankaj works in the same way. I truly believe that Shahid has inherited his father's ability and style of performing without appearing to act. It is definitely in his genes. When you're facing the camera with a co-star, you become compatriots in the canvas of characterisation. I was startled by Shahid's passion for excellence. I saw the same quality in Aamir Khan (Taare Zameen Par)." |
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