My parents are in the business – they’re actors – so I kind of grew up on a film set, which was a funny place to grow up.
I used to assist my chachaji in his artificial jewellery business. One day, I got the opportunity to visit V. Shantaram’s film set to supply some jewellery. Curiosity got the better of me and before I knew it, I was playing an extra. Soon, roles with dialogues followed and the rest as they say, is history.
A day on a film set is maddening.
Generally, you kiss in a closed room but on a film set you have to do it in front of so many people.
When I’m working with Red One, we all have to do everything, from making sets and costumes to tearing tickets. Forget about craft services! So when I get on a film set, it’s a thrill to be just working as an actor.
Women have initiated the change all by themselves. The credit goes to them. Men have had no role to play in the rise in women’s representation on a film set.
I don’t feel isolated on a film set. In a way you do because you don’t really mix with the outside world; you’re just sort of working non-stop for a few months, but you’ve got so many people around you.
There was one titanic guiding light on the film set, and I was in the presence of a true Mahatma, in the deepest and most profound sense of the word.
‘Attack The Block’ is an alien invasion film set in South London. It’s about a group of kids who are some petty thugs, who have to find the hero in themselves, when they attack.
For me, acting is about the art of it and it’s about being on a film set and doing your thing, painting a blank canvas.
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