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Paresh Rawal: Learnt ways to infuse warmth into character
Updated On: 03 January, 2023 07:10 AM IST | Mumbai | Upala KBR
Paresh Rawal’s ode to “intelligent, articulate” Bengali men will see him tackle a Satyajit Ray story for the big screen
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In his career spanning 40 years, Paresh Rawal has recruited his fine acting chops to breathe life into a variety of Gujarati characters, a job that he could pull off with flair owing to his Gujarati descent. But, the actor admits that having introduced as much variation into his portrayals as he could, he is no longer drawn to similar roles. “How many modifications can you introduce?” he questions when making a case for himself when asked what prompted his decision to play a Bengali man in Ananth Mahadevan’s The Storyteller.
“While I have done Badal Sarkar’s Bengali play, Pagla Ghoda a while ago, and have played Bengali characters, I have never done so for a movie. I have admired stalwarts of Bengali theatre, like Kumar Roy, Shambhu Mitra, Arun Mukhopadhyay, and Soumitra Chatterjee. So, when given the chance to play a Bengali character, I saw no reason to turn it down.”
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