Actor Rahul Bose referred to superstars as “bad actors”
Actor Rahul Bose referred to superstars as “bad actors”
It’s a well-known in B’town that Rahul Bose is acknowledged for speaking his mind, and earlier this year, over a conversation he referred to superstars as “bad actors with a lot of charisma”.
Recently, he revealed of having been humiliated when, amidst the shoot of his debut film, he .wasn’t even offered a chair, highlighting the graded structure of the film industry. However, 30 years later, much has transformed for him.
Though, he may not be hitting the headline for films anymore, Rahul has shifted his focus. In an exclusive chat with a News channel, he shared his current approach to choosing roles saying that he has done six films in the last year and a half, and not talking about OTT projects. His only criterion now is, if his role is removed from the story, will the story suffer? If it does, that’s a role he ought to do. If it doesn’t, why should he do it?
This philosophy explains why he had no hesitation on joining Bulbbul, a film led by Triptii Dimri, regardless having limited screen time.
In the supernatural-themed film, he played a dual role—a developmentally challenged man who rapes his bedridden sister-in-law and an aristocrat. He went on to reflect that Bulbbul wasn’t one of the highest-paying films of his career. In the film, he is absent for 45 minutes straight, but when people finish watching it, they’ll remember his character. That’s what matters.
Further, he went on to confidently state that the goal is to give audiences a memorable, unique performance every few years. That when he reads the script for Bulbbul, he told his manager that playing dual roles would be incredibly difficult, but if he pulled it off, it would be a high point in his career. From English, August to now, he aims to be part of a milestone project every two to three years. After Bulbbul, it will be Berlin. He has no doubt about that.
When quizzed if it was hard for him to accept that leading roles were drying up, Rahul without mincing words he replied that amid 2010 and 2011, after he finished Onir’s I Am, and in 2013-2014 when he shot Dil Dhadakne Do, he realised he was done with lead roles in mainstream cinema. He knew he would move into a different bracket or only lead in regional films like Bengali or Tamil cinema. He was 42-43 then, and still play leads in Bengali films.
Rahul continued that there was no crisis and Just understood that you have a 15-20-year span to play the lead based on your age, unless you’re a superstar. After a certain age, very few roles are written for you. Outside of the top seven big stars, when you hit 45, it’s time to chill and gravitate toward something else.
News Edit KV Raman
