Fatima Sana Shaikh Reveals She Wasn’t “Certain” About Enjoying Indira Gandhi In Sam Bahadur
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Mumbai:
Actor Fatima Sana Shaikh says it was filmmaker Meghna Gulzar’s religion in her that impressed her to take up the position of former prime minister Indira Gandhi within the upcoming biographical drama Sam Bahadur.
Headlined by Vicky Kaushal, the movie relies on the life and occasions of Area Marshal Sam Manekshaw, one in all India’s biggest struggle heroes.
Fatima, greatest recognized for movies Dangal and Ludo, stated one needs to be a “director’s actor” to truthfully painting a persona so well-known.
“She has an enormous persona and I wasn’t certain about taking on the film however Meghna (Gulzar) was certain. She stated ‘belief me’ and I used to be like, if a director like her is saying, ‘belief me’, then one thing should be proper, and possibly I am not seeing what she is seeing.
“I did it as a result of I really like her work. She made the journey simple for me. She knew what she wished, whether or not it was the graph of the efficiency or look. You need to be a director’s actor. That is what I did,” the 31-year-old actor, who shall be seen subsequent in Dhak Dhak, advised PTI in an interview.
Greater than attempting to emulate Gandhi, Fatima stated her emphasis was on capturing the “soul” of the character.
“Meghna has a novel method of getting her actors play a sure character, the place the main focus is on getting the soul and feelings proper. It was not about being similar to Indira Gandhi,” she stated.
As part of her analysis, the 31-year-old actor stated she went by way of a historical past lesson of her personal by studying books and watching outdated footage of the previous prime minister.
“While you play characters like this, simply to know the journey of it, you learn historical past, and also you realise there are such a lot of issues which have occurred in our nation. It was a unique world again then.” “Sam Bahadur” additionally stars Sanya Malhotra as Manekshaw’s spouse Silloo.
The film, set to be launched in theatres on December 1, is produced by RSVP Motion pictures.
