I, as a budding actor and as far my knowledge goes in this field, feel that acting is more about being in that situation & feeling each and every bit of the surrounding that the director wants to create. Just forgetting everything about your own personal & professional life for that moment and living the life of that character is what I try to achieve as of now. And as far I feel I need a lot of meditation & concentration to achieve that.
I was unaware of these demands and the techniques involved in achieving them while shooting for our short film Zakhm. But after that I read some books, interviews of some good actors, watched some good movies, tried to feel the characters portrayed by some good actors and tried to portray a different emotion of that character. Now after watching our another short film Itaanu Uttaram I myself felt that I have learnt at least something out of this hard work. I tried to be more concentrated & feel the character while shooting for Itaanu Uttaram and I feel I have succeeded at least 10% in that.
For portraying a character by feeling it, an actor needs to know each & every detail about the character. From where has he come, what he wants to do, what is his confidence level, how is he feeling at that moment, what he wants from that moment, is he an optimist or a pessimist and everything else possible. After knowing all this and preparing with full diligence when an actor comes up with a performance, the beauty that hard work creates on stage or on screen surpasses everything else around. The dream of being able to perform various characters and with this level of beauty is what gives me a kick and each step taken by me in this direction is what satisfies me for that moment.
I don’t have any particular role model, rather I try to appreciate and learn from every good performance. Some being – Ronit Roy’s performance in Udaan, Farhan Akhtar’s performance in Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara, Paresh Rawal’s performance in Hera Pheri, Irrfan’s performance in Life In A Metro and the list goes on...
I was unaware of these demands and the techniques involved in achieving them while shooting for our short film Zakhm. But after that I read some books, interviews of some good actors, watched some good movies, tried to feel the characters portrayed by some good actors and tried to portray a different emotion of that character. Now after watching our another short film Itaanu Uttaram I myself felt that I have learnt at least something out of this hard work. I tried to be more concentrated & feel the character while shooting for Itaanu Uttaram and I feel I have succeeded at least 10% in that.
For portraying a character by feeling it, an actor needs to know each & every detail about the character. From where has he come, what he wants to do, what is his confidence level, how is he feeling at that moment, what he wants from that moment, is he an optimist or a pessimist and everything else possible. After knowing all this and preparing with full diligence when an actor comes up with a performance, the beauty that hard work creates on stage or on screen surpasses everything else around. The dream of being able to perform various characters and with this level of beauty is what gives me a kick and each step taken by me in this direction is what satisfies me for that moment.
I don’t have any particular role model, rather I try to appreciate and learn from every good performance. Some being – Ronit Roy’s performance in Udaan, Farhan Akhtar’s performance in Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara, Paresh Rawal’s performance in Hera Pheri, Irrfan’s performance in Life In A Metro and the list goes on...
Written By: Gaurav Karmakar
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