In 'Talvar', my character loses his daughter and it was quite an intense role. I had to concentrate and I would request all the unit members to stay silent before the take.
I'm not a method actor. The techniques that I follow have been created and practiced in my own journey, ones that I have researched, formed and invented.
I like to enter my characters through a physical form first. The first thing I find is the regime of the character - when he wakes up tomorrow, what activities does this person engage in - that's my entry point. Once I get that, then it becomes easy for me.
For me, theatre and cinema are both pillars of an actor's life; I'd feel very half-baked if I was only doing one and not the other.
I am not against doing commercial cinema at all.
I have always stayed away from TV. It never made sense to me.
Avenues opened right after I did 'Ship of Thesus' but doing films where there is big money involved or has big stars involved is not the reason I came to Mumbai.
Yes, I play a cop in Amit Kumar's 'Monsoon Shootout' where Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays the villain.
There are many actors who have not been trained, but self-taught means one cannot be limited. It means you're continuously learning.
You have to train yourself, think, contemplate, and work on your craft every day.
