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A Potpourri of Vestiges recently caught up with actor Bhuvan Arora who made his debut with YRF’s Shuddh Desi Romance. Bhuvan would next be seen in Nagesh Kukunoor's new web series opposite Nimrat Kaur and a film called Bank Chor alongside Riteish Deshmukh and Vikram Thapa. He graduated in acting from Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune in 2011.
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You
are well on course to establishing yourself in the industry. Tell us about the
challenges one gets to face as a young actor and how does one deal with them?
I think the foremost
challenge is to stay motivated and positive because a newcomer has to face
rejection more often than not and that too in different forms. You would get
people at every platform who would tell you that you aren’t good enough. Take
it with a smile and make sure to prove them wrong. But don’t be vindictive;
it’s just human nature to not accept new things immediately. I have always
personally disliked the word ‘struggler’ in my initial days because I feel
everyone in life is struggling in some way or the other. I prefer ‘aspiring’ or
‘budding’. It even sounds better, doesn’t it?
You
are a professionally trained actor unlike others. How important it is for an
actor to have had some professional training?
The biggest advantage of training
is that while you are at it, you are only doing that. People do get trained on
the job as well but then simultaneously they have to take care of a lot of
other things. But when you are under training, learning is your sole motive. So
training gives you the confidence that you know your job, it gives you the
range to portray various characters, it also helps you develop a process that
will help you grow all your life. Having said that, institute is not the only
place where you can train. There are so many phenomenal actors who are not from
any institute. Mr. Naseeruddin Shah once told us in our class that “acting
cannot be taught, but it can be learnt”. So learn from wherever you can.
Tell
us about your life at FTII. How it shaped you up as an artiste? Where would you
put the acting course at FTII on a scale of 10?
My tenure in FTII is one of
the most beautiful phases of my life. That place is extremely liberating. I
can’t go to pune and not visit FTII. I believe a part of me is still there. It
has nurtured me as an actor and as a person. I was raw and directionless before
I went to FTII, it gave me a vision. Not just in acting, it helped me learn all
the other aspects of filmmaking including cinematography, editing and
direction. It made me film ready. I am too miniscule to rate a place with a
legacy like FTII. It’s a like an ocean of knowledge from where you can draw as
much as you want.
Tell
us about your first break in Bollywood. How did it happen? How important do you
think it was for your career?
My first break happened with
YRF’s Shuddh Desi Romance. I had audition for another film with them but that
didn’t work out, but Shanoo Sharma (casting director at YRF) really liked my
take and asked me to meet Mr. Maneesh Sharma and that is how I got my first
break. First time is always special but the real special moment for me was when
at the success party Adi Sir (Mr Aditya Chopra) told me that I was very good in
the film. That was extremely motivating. Coincidently, Bumpy, the director of
my upcoming film, saw me in that film too and called me for Bank Chor.
You
will next be seen in Nagesh Kukunoor's new web series as well as a film called
Bank Chor. Tell us about your roles in these two projects. What other projects
are you currently associated with?
In Nagesh’s series which revolves around women not getting
combat position in army, I play Captain Rohan Singh Rathore, a Special Forces
aspirant, who feels that men are superior to women. He respects women but he
feels that women are to be protected by men. His dad is a General in the army
and he’s brought up in a family who believe in male superiority. His grouse
with Nimrat Kaur’s character is that she shouldn’t be trying for the Special
Forces.
Bank Chor is a comic-caper that tells the
story of 3 morons trying to rob a bank who pick the worst day possible when
everything that can go wrong goes wrong and how they are inadvertently caught
in the crossfire. I play one of the 3 chors alongside Riteish Deshmukh and
Vikram Thapa. Both the characters are poles apart. The shooting of the test
case is in process so I am committed to just that as of now.
We
had recently interviewed actor Sahil Vaid on our web portal and he seemed quite
excited about his role in Bank Chor. Could you throw some light on the
relationship your character shares with his?
Well with sincere apologies
I can’t throw much light on my own character also at this point. That is the
call of the makers of the film. Sahil is very competent actor and a dear
friend. If he has kept it like that there has got to be a reason behind. All I
can tell is that he plays a pivotal part. The trailer will be out soon so
everybody will get to know more about the film.
What
advice would you like to give to aspiring actors?
Observe. Imagine. Believe. Just
keep working on yourself. Not just in the gym which has become a fad now but
also on your craft. Read as much as you can. Again, don’t let anyone make you
believe that you are not good enough. Trust yourself. The real struggle is to
keep the fire alive no matter what you go through. Greater the difficulty, greater
the glory.
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