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| Sameer Arora and Shamata Anchan who play Kabir Miranda and Myra Kohli in Bin Kuch Kahe |
A Potpourri of Vestiges recently caught up with Sameer Arora and Shamata Anchan who play Kabir Miranda and Myra Kohli, respectively, in Zee TV's 'Bin Kuch Kahe'.
Interview of Shamata Anchan:
1. Tell us something your character from Bin Kuch Kahe
Ans. Myra Kohli is an aspiring journalist, she lives in Jaipur with her mother & three sisters. The show is about her bond with her family & how she bumps into Sameer Arora's character Kabir Miranda who she goes on to freelance for. Their rapport starts with that of hate but a few gestures from Kabir towards my character Myra, keeps changing her initial thoughts about him. He changes her life. The genre is romantic comedy with with a twist of family drama which makes it interesting. The relation my character shares with everyone is something that everyone can relate to, the intensity of those relation are not over the top.
2. How different is your character from the female protagonists we've seen on Hindi television shows?
Ans. Myra is today's girl, even though the show is set in Rajasthan, the makers are portraying a different side to the city of Jaipur which otherwise is displayed with girls roaming in ghunghat or even other people in traditional attire. There's no kitchen politics in our show. It's about a modern family residing in Jaipur who aren't too orthodox and very urban. The girls in our show are very fashion conscious, independent & strong, a Jaipurian side rarely seen. The relationship they have with each other is believable, their fights, their love & the fun they have, it's all great.
3. How contrasting is your role in Bin Kuch Kahe from the character of your last show? Do you consider this your comeback like some TV fanatics believe?
Ans. I've done just one TV show before this where my character was very different from what I am playing now. It was an adventure drama called Everest where I played an aspiring mountaineer. There my character was innocent who wanted to prove her father of her potentials & it was physically very challenging. Whereas, this show is of a completely different genre, it's a romantic comedy with a girl of today with modern characteristics that every girl can relate to. I wasn't able to do much of comedy in Everest & even the romantic angle between me & my co-star in that show was less as the focus was more on adventure & drama. As far as the question of a comeback goes, I would just say I've very careful of my choices. When 'Bin Kuch Kahe' came my way, I felt like I should do this for it being a 5 night series which was being produced by Bollywood director Rajshree Ojha gave us the most fashionable film 'Aisha' & also the story was very different from what I had been reading. It wasn't a conscious decision to take a break but to do good work.
4. How is having Rajshree Ojha as a producer whose film Aisha was high on fashion? How different do you think is your styling in the show as compared to other lead actresses on TV?
Ans. We've tried to incorporate fashion that the youth can actually can actually from, especially my character of Myra Kohli has her own style. We've incorporated some Rajasthani culture with a twist of modernity. There's a lot of Indo-fusion in it. It's not typical to the norm of daily soaps. We've been styled by Ghazal Lalwani Daing who's done her fashion course from New York. It has been a great experience working with Rajshree Ma'am. She's also given her directorial inputs for a few scenes. She's complimented me quite a few times which I feel grateful for, she's really chilled out producer, she pampers us and she's also strict when it comes to work so there's a good balance.
5. Who do you look up to when it comes to acting? Would you call yourself a director's actor or a method actor?
Ans. I admire Priyanka Chopra's work, I love how far she's taken her career. Coming from a non-filmy background, she's achieved so much to a point where most of us can't even thinking of reaching. I look up to her. Personally, I am a director's actor, I am still new to the craft of acting as Everest was my first acting experience and I've not been trained in an acting school. As an actor I dependent a lot on the director & the story writer for what they exactly want from me. I think I am really able to essay my characters much more easily that way. When it comes to method acting, I don't think I really could be a method actor, I am a more spontaneous actor I believe.
Interview of Sameer Arora:
1. Tell us something your character from Bin Kuch Kahe
Ans. I am playing half Brazilian half Indian, globe trotting international journalist working with international leading news channels, born in brazil, character name is Kabir Miranda. He travels across the globe to cover different stories and for the same he is India, meets Myra Kohli in Mumbai.
2. How different is your character from the male protagonists we've seen on Hindi television shows?
Ans. My character is very different from what the audience has seen on Hindi television shows. Kabir Miranda is suave, witty, intelligent, rich in his ideology, coming of age character.
I feel my producer and creator of the show Rajshree Ojha had a great vision and we together as a team worked on the characterization and made it classy. Kabir is uncomplicated, confident and believes in "where there is a will there is a way".
I studied the mannerisms of an international leading journalists, Brazilian way of living, food, culture, language etc.
This character is not all about good looks and 6 packs, it brings much more on the table where audience can connect to it and feel the depth of it.
3. Since this is your first project, how conscious were you of coming on board for this one & have you got a feedback from the fans of the show?
Ans. I wasn't conscious, though was under pressure of presenting the character right the way my producer visualized. And adding to my happiness my director, producer also fans are very happy the way I portrayed, there is no single day I don't receive messages on social media by my fans talking about my character and how much they love it since it stands out and is different from other shows.
4. How is having Rajshree Ojha as a producer whose film Aisha was high on fashion? How different do you think is your styling in the show as compared to other lead actors on TV?
Ans. It all starts with faith, my producer Rajshree Ma'am saw me as Kabir Miranda and worked really hard on the styling and the characterization.
She plays with colours and goes with the feel of the scene and character. Our head stylist Ghazal Lalwani Daing has also done a great job on our styling.
It's somewhere different from other lead actors on TV. You see a polished character here with great styling.
Having Rajshree mam as the creator and producer has been an advantage since she is a film director and understands the nuisances and works on detailing.
5. Who do you look up to when it comes to acting? Would you call yourself a director's actor or a method actor?
Ans. I look up to real life characters when it comes to acting. I am an actor with my own methods to work on a character which also includes understanding the director's vision.
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