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Manav can relate to his character in 'The Buddy Project'
By Swasti Chatterjee, TNN | Dec 4, 2012, 12.08 PM ISTinShare
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Popular actor Manav Gohil who has done shows like Kahaani Ghar Ghar ki, Kkusum, CID, Saara Aakash, Saarthi is back in television. He is playing the handsome teacher Anirudh Jaitleyin Sunshine Productions show The Buddy Project.
The audience has already started liking him and he seems to be just apt for the professor's role in the show. "I play a successful investment banker, Anirudh Jaitley who was popular as Junglee Jaitley in his school days. When Anirudh goes to visit Royal Academy School, he realises that the school is going through a crises. To bring back the old glory to the school he becomes a teacher."
There was a time when Manav kept himself away from television. So what was lacking? "I was not getting the right role. I was ready to compromise on other things but not my role. Yes there were few times when I liked the role but money was not enough and as a seasoned actor that is also an important aspect. Finally all aspects were met in this project and I could take this up."
Manav who is playing a young professor had to shed a few kilos and also saw many films based on teacher-student relationship for reference. " I have seen films like Dead Poet Society and Hip Hip Hooray. I have taken definitely few pointers from this film as professor Junglee is not like any other character people have seen. Few mannerisms of the teachers are there which is common. Junglee is very loud with his hand gestures as he moves his hands a lot to describe something."
Gohil also feels if a character is well written then half the job is done and an actor's responsibility is to portray that on screen, with the right amount of emotions so that the audience can see that particular character on-screen. "The Buddy Project is youth-centric and Junglee is close to me."
The audience has already started liking him and he seems to be just apt for the professor's role in the show. "I play a successful investment banker, Anirudh Jaitley who was popular as Junglee Jaitley in his school days. When Anirudh goes to visit Royal Academy School, he realises that the school is going through a crises. To bring back the old glory to the school he becomes a teacher."
There was a time when Manav kept himself away from television. So what was lacking? "I was not getting the right role. I was ready to compromise on other things but not my role. Yes there were few times when I liked the role but money was not enough and as a seasoned actor that is also an important aspect. Finally all aspects were met in this project and I could take this up."
Manav who is playing a young professor had to shed a few kilos and also saw many films based on teacher-student relationship for reference. " I have seen films like Dead Poet Society and Hip Hip Hooray. I have taken definitely few pointers from this film as professor Junglee is not like any other character people have seen. Few mannerisms of the teachers are there which is common. Junglee is very loud with his hand gestures as he moves his hands a lot to describe something."
Gohil also feels if a character is well written then half the job is done and an actor's responsibility is to portray that on screen, with the right amount of emotions so that the audience can see that particular character on-screen. "The Buddy Project is youth-centric and Junglee is close to me."
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