Vicky Kaushal, who is the next guest on Indus Vox Media’s new show
Bollywood Scene Stealers with journalist Indu Mirani, has shared some
interesting tidbits about his acting life and career. One such thing that
shocked us was that Vicky would ask to be left alone during the 21 day shoot of
Raman Raghav 2.0. Apart from spending time alone at home, he had also asked his
He says he did this because it helped him understand and become the character
family to let him be and not ask any questions once he returns from the shoot.
and perform better.
“What my approach
towards playing a character is that I always hold to some aspect of
the
character and I live with it. Not everything, but something that makes me
feel like that character 24 hours a day. So it really helps me if I’m not
heading back home for the shoot. While shooting for Raman Raghav I had to come
back home, I had to meet my mom and dad, and that kind of breaks it. I’m not
family before itself that don’t ask me questions when I come back from shoot.
that experienced or skilled that I can switch on and off. There were a lot of night shoots and I would come back home at 8 in the morning. I had told my
Let me just come back home, go to sleep, get up and go.”
Now, that’s how you really get into the skin of the character!
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