Aamir was slightly more intimidating than Shah Rukh: Anushka Sharma
Having previously starred with many of Bollywoods bigwigs, actor talks about her role in Raj Kumar Hirani’s PK.
Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma who was last seen in Vishal Bhardwaj’s Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola in January last year has stayed away from the limelight, till now.
From starring alongside Shah Rukh Khan in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Ranveer Singh in Ladies vs Ricky Bahl and now with Aamir Khan, Anushka spoke to bollywoodlife.com about her ‘unusual’ role in PK.
When asked whether the actor was surprised when filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani offered her a role in PK, Sharma said, “Not like I couldn’t believe it but I was very happy. I felt the kind of happiness that I did when I had got Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. I think Hirani raises that bar with his films. He is not just making films but is contributing to society with it. So that’s what I felt about him and then when he called me and narrated the script to me, I heard the role and I agreed and I was very thrilled.”
She says that it’s tougher to make unusual characters look effortless and easy. “If you have a peculiar look or a speech problem or if you’re speaking a different language that Aamir is in the film then you have do something else. A role like this or Shruti Kakad from Band Baaja Baaraat looks easy onscreen but is difficult because you have get into the thought process of that person. Personally, I might not react in some way but the onscreen character will, so, you have to think a lot. In this case, when I was promoting Matru, I used to observe journalists, especially Hindi journalists. I use to see how they talk and behave. So throughout the promotions that was going on in my head. You start to become aware of your surroundings with respect to what you might need for your characterisation,” Sharma explains.
When asked about working experience with maverick Aamir Khan the actor said, “As actors your methods might be different but ultimately you’re getting to the same thing which is that you become the person you’re meant to play. I actually did not give too many takes and it never happened. If at all Aamir felt anything was wrong, he would feel about his own take.”
The 26-year-old actor has starred with Bollywood’s big guns such a Shah Rukh Khan previously but found her experience in PK with Aamir Khan to be “slightly more intimidating”. “I wasn’t scared but Aamir was slightly more intimidating than Shah Rukh. You know he is a very sharp and intelligent in person. So I automatically started observing him. I used to find it very interesting as to how he would look at a scene and how he would say certain things,” .
Sharma co-stars with Aamir Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Sushant Singh Rajput and Boman Irani in PK, which released in Pakistan on Friday.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 21st, 2014.
From starring alongside Shah Rukh Khan in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Ranveer Singh in Ladies vs Ricky Bahl and now with Aamir Khan, Anushka spoke to bollywoodlife.com about her ‘unusual’ role in PK.
When asked whether the actor was surprised when filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani offered her a role in PK, Sharma said, “Not like I couldn’t believe it but I was very happy. I felt the kind of happiness that I did when I had got Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. I think Hirani raises that bar with his films. He is not just making films but is contributing to society with it. So that’s what I felt about him and then when he called me and narrated the script to me, I heard the role and I agreed and I was very thrilled.”
She says that it’s tougher to make unusual characters look effortless and easy. “If you have a peculiar look or a speech problem or if you’re speaking a different language that Aamir is in the film then you have do something else. A role like this or Shruti Kakad from Band Baaja Baaraat looks easy onscreen but is difficult because you have get into the thought process of that person. Personally, I might not react in some way but the onscreen character will, so, you have to think a lot. In this case, when I was promoting Matru, I used to observe journalists, especially Hindi journalists. I use to see how they talk and behave. So throughout the promotions that was going on in my head. You start to become aware of your surroundings with respect to what you might need for your characterisation,” Sharma explains.
When asked about working experience with maverick Aamir Khan the actor said, “As actors your methods might be different but ultimately you’re getting to the same thing which is that you become the person you’re meant to play. I actually did not give too many takes and it never happened. If at all Aamir felt anything was wrong, he would feel about his own take.”
The 26-year-old actor has starred with Bollywood’s big guns such a Shah Rukh Khan previously but found her experience in PK with Aamir Khan to be “slightly more intimidating”. “I wasn’t scared but Aamir was slightly more intimidating than Shah Rukh. You know he is a very sharp and intelligent in person. So I automatically started observing him. I used to find it very interesting as to how he would look at a scene and how he would say certain things,” .
Sharma co-stars with Aamir Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Sushant Singh Rajput and Boman Irani in PK, which released in Pakistan on Friday.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 21st, 2014.