Actor Rohan Gurbaxani shares his experience working with filmmaker Anurag Basu.
Actor Rohan Gurbaxani shares his experience working with filmmaker Anurag Basu.
Actor Rohan Gurbaxani shares his experience working with filmmaker Anurag Basu.
The actor has the second season of Bandish Bandits, and Metro… In Dino in the pipeline.
Meet actor Rohan Gurubaxani,
Metro… In Dino fame. He finds
Working with Anurag Basu “fascinating in that with every project, you learn something new. Here, they didn’t even have a script. Let’s start with that,” he laughs. When Anurag had called him on FaceTime, he was blown up that he was calling him for a role. Then to shoot with experienced actors like Pankaj Tripathi and Konkona Sensharma required relentless self-belief.”
The sequel to Basu’s Life in a Metro (2007) also features Aditya Roy Kapur, Sara Ali Khan, Fatima Sana Shaikh and Ali Fazal, among others.
The filmmaker Anurag Basu is recognised for his unique approach to shooting, which relies on spontaneity.
For a relative newcomer like Gurbaxani, the process can be both nerve-wracking as well as creatively inspiring. This film for Rohan was a challenge in many ways; it keeps expanding his limits like a rubber band.
When he asked Anurag why he cast him and did not even give him the script, he said that he has this process where he trusts his actors fully. When this comes from a director like Anurag Basu, it tells you that, you just trust him and surrender. Trust is a big part of working with him.
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