Posted:
5 years ago
Saurish Athwal is one lucky actor.
Normally, if you let go of a show, you
don't get a second chance with the same
project. "I was first selected to play the
lead negative role in Star Plus show,
Qayamat Ki Raat, but could not do it due to
prior commitment.
"Subsequently, Nirbhay Wadhwa replaced
me as Kalasur, as he was also quite tall
and well-built. I was obviously not too
happy about losing a chance to work with
Balaji family and silently hoped to be given
a second chance.
"No wonder, I was pleasantly surprised
when Balaji again offered me Kalasur's
role saying that Nirbhay was being
replaced due to tantrums and other
issues. Their main issue was whether I
would be able to take the strain of the
prosthetic makeup. Few other actors had
not been able to take the strain and had
opted out. Although, being aware that it
won't be easy, I said yes, for it was no
mean task to be part of such a popular
show; and the icing on the cake was that
my character is the pivot of the show. In a
way, what also helped was that having
done Balveer, which also had prosthetics, I
knew what I was getting into.
"Also, Balaji is giving me a good pay
package and doing everything in their
power to make me comfortable, as I have
to wear the prosthetic makeup during the
entire shooting time. During this period, I
can't even eat solid foods but have to
survive on juice; hence they make sure
that I fill my tummy before applying the
makeup, says Saurish, who was also a
part of 21 Sarfarosh Saragarhi 1897.
Saurish credits the success of the show
(one of the top rankers on the channel) to
the horrible-looking makeup. "I am sure
you must have not seen a worse-looking
demon on desi TV. The toughest challenge
is that I can't use my face much to emote,
due to the makeup, hence have to
effectively use body language to justify
what my character is saying or doing on
screen.
Interestingly, although Kalasur is a
negative character, Saurish informs us
that many times, kids want to ape him in
games and win. "It feels nice that your
character has become so popular. Yet,
forget kids, even teenagers get scared to
click pictures with me.
Way to go, Saurish!!
http://www.iwmbuzz.com/television/celebrities/saurish-athwal-second-time-lucky-play-kalasur-qayamat-ki-raat/2018/09/10.Edited by ght_shona_4evr - 5 years ago
