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Abhishek on Paatal Lok: Tried to capture his grief and emptiness
Updated On: 26 May, 2020 07:06 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu
Currently the toast of the town for his Paatal Lok act, Abhishek Banerjee decodes his serial killer character Hathoda Tyagi.
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It is 9 pm when we finally get on a call with Abhishek Banerjee, the man everyone's talking about since Pataal Lok dropped online 10 days ago. Breaking down the gruesome scene — where his character breaks open the skulls of three boys — may not be the ideal subject to open an interview with, especially when he has finished his dinner only minutes ago. But it is, after all, the chilling scene that marks the inception of Hathoda Tyagi, a character that goes on to haunt you for the remaining six episodes.
"A scene like that can't be easy for any actor," he begins with a laugh, before adding, "But because we know we are acting, we are able to bring in that extra gruesomeness to the sequence. I don't believe that the world can be so cruel, but then, we have heard stories of spine-chilling murders where a husband chopped his wife's body into pieces and threw them into a tandoor. Sudip [Sharma, creator] wanted to show the reality, but the intention was to make it graphic so that people are dissuaded from committing crimes."
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