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| 'A go-getter attitude doesn't guarantee success' | ||
| Deepraz Rana, who believes in winning the race slowly and steadily, talks to PREMA K about his pursuit from the Indian Military Academy to Left Right Left on television | ||
I am playing the role of Major Nair who is the Vice President of the Institute, besides being a physical trainer. He wants the cadets to do the toughest of exercises. He believes that girls can't be good soldiers and gives them the most difficult exercises to do. He is harsh and rude to the students and reports to Major Chandok played by Puneet Issar. What attracted you to the show? The show's is different from the genre of family dramas. Besides, I wanted to work with producers, Deeya and Tony Singh. How much do you relate to Major Nair? Personally, I don't relate to him, but professionally I do, as the character is in the army and I qualified for the Indian Military Academy. But didn't take it up as I wanted to become an actor. Something about him that you'd like to change? Major Nair is very rude. I feel he should be lenient to students. On second thoughts, he is perfect as per the storyline. What is important to you when you sign a project, the role or the money? The role is important as acting is my profession. One always looks for better roles but money is equally important in life. Which is your favourite character you've performed? Why? My favourite role was the one I played in The Great Maratha. I played Prince Janko Sindhia. The novelty was that I played a double role. Once the prince dies, the trainer comes across an alcoholic man who resembles the prince and asks him if he would change his mannerism and lifestyle to take the place of the prince. I played both the roles. Don't you feel that most TV actors get a raw deal in films? To an extent, TV actors get a raw deal, when they agree to do insignificant roles but then there are actors like Irrfan Khan, Parmeet Sethi and Vijay Raaz who got decent roles in films. It's a subjective matter. TV provides a vast reach but every TV actor aspires to do films and that will never change. Why do you refer to television as a money-making medium? Why not films and commercials also? People shoot round the clock as people have to meet deadlines. With daily soaps, acting on TV means regular work. Moreover, actors can do more than one show at a time whereas films take time. One doesn't get to do commercials regularly. If you had to choose between films and television, what would it be? It would surely be films. The canvas and impact of films is different. Once the TV show goes off air, people forget you but in case of films particularly hit ones, people remember the characters as well as the actors. Everyone remembers the characters of Gabbar Singh and Basanti and they also remember Amjad Khan and Hema Malini who played the roles. Films live forever because of repeated telecast on different channels and the music. Recall value of films is more as compared to TV shows. Why has your career been moving at a slow and steady pace? Don't you believe in the go-getter attitude? I believe in 'slow and steady wins the race', and I want to win. Just having a go-getter attitude doesn't guarantee success. Over enthusiastic people may get exhausted if they don't get what they want on time. Naksha is supposed to be a first of its kind Hindi film. Tell us a little about it. It's an adventure film. I'm playing Jackie Shroff's brother who is assigned the job of capturing Viveik Oberoi's. To find out whether my character succeeds or not in the mission, you have to watch the film. What about your other film, Red Swastik? It's a thriller, directed, produced and written by Vinod Pandey. He has also made serials -Reporter and Airhostess. You are doing a new TV show Akhiyo Ke Jharoko Se! I'm playing a negative character in it. I'm working with BAG films for the first time. They've got good production values. If not an actor, what would you have been? Why? I always wanted to be an actor. That's why I came to Bombay with the determination to succeed. How would you like to see yourself five years from now? A well-established actor doing substantial roles in films and even television. |
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