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Jaskiran Kapoor Tags : short film festival, chd
Posted: Tue Sep 21 2010, 03:19 hrs
Pavitra Rishta's Sushant Singh Rajput is making movies for a short film festival
There are days when the 16-hour drill shift, the difficulty and monotony of playing the same character, putting on make-up, rehearsing the lines, working graveyard shifts, takes its toll on Sushant Singh Rajput. "However, I have something to look forward to and that is films," says the actor, who plays Manav in Zee's Pavitra Rishta. Take the three short stories he's been working on for a short film festival, a three-in-one project where he is the director, actor and producer. "I'm working on three short films for a short film festival and each deals with the human mind and emotions," he says, in town for a personal visit.
The first one, has been written by one of his friends. "It's a dark love story called A Subway." Then there is a story based on Stephen King's Death Row and Ignored Decibles, a film on schizophrenia written, directed and acted by Rajput. "Usually, doctors don't tell a patient he/she is suffering from this disorder, but my film deals with a schizophrenic discovering his disease on his own," he says. We are all imaginative at some level, he says, relishing every step of writing, exploring, researching. "It's this home work that excites me after long television working hours," he adds.
Rajput, whose heart lies in filmmaking and dancing, has come a long way from being an engineering student in Delhi to dancing for Shiamak Davar and finally giving it all up for Barry John's theatre. "After I moved to Mumbai, I had done theatre with Nadira Babbar and assisted Mohit Suri on pre-production for Raaz 2," he says. Soon, he was spotted by Ekta Kapoor who offered him a role in Kis Des Hai Mera Dil.
"In fact, I was about to leave for New York to pursue a course in filmmaking when Ekta offered me Pavitra Rishta. I liked the role and stayed on," he signs off.
link:http://www.indianexpress.com/news/passion-play/684945/0
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