Thursday, July 8, 2010
Suzanne feels I am the best in the world: Hrithik Roshan
Hrithik Roshan is all set to woo his fans once again with Kites. A real cross over international film, Kites has a mix of Indian and International artistes. Releasing on May 21st, this love story looks at relationships and love from a new perspective.
Q: You have always been involved with all your films from the beginning? Is it the same with Kites too?
The story of Kites is my father's, so I did know the basic concept but I wasn't too clear about it. Kites is not the kind of film my father has been making. So I was little skeptical about it.
But my father told me that he had invloved Anurag in it. He told me to wait for the final script. If I did not like it he was willing to take another hero for it. Me and my father don't have any ego hassle, which is why together we give our best shot.
Anurag Basu reacted positive on the story and he went to work on it for a month. When he came back we had a joint meeting - Anurag, Me and my father. When I heard his take on it I was completely blown out.
After waiting for 2 years and sitting idle because of lack of good script, I had a story that I fell in love with. I actually jumped up from my chair and danced around in my room shouting with joy. I knew that this story is going to workout something great for me.
Q: What about Barbara? Is she a spontaneous actress?
When we met Barbara and understood her world and her approach to the acting, everything just fit in very very good and right way, because she is completely spontaneous. She prepares a lot but all the preparation is like the lava forming in volcano but when it busts, when its an action time, she just explodes.
She does care where its falling and how, there is no control over the explosion. You just fill up yourself with that energy when it action time. And that's how we are started doing with this with right from the first day of shooting.
Q: At what point English became an integral part of the film?
Basically we had the script of Hindi film but when I started doing first takes with Barbara, I realized that there is kind of disbalance in the equation. My dialogs were in Hindi and she was speaking in Spanish. What was bothering me was that I am playing a guy who was born in Las Vegas and who knows English.
Any person who knows English and goes to foreign land, he will first try and communicate in universal language. He won't use his mother tongue to communicate. Since it was looking unnatural, we decided to use English.
Q: How did Anurag like the idea of using English?
Once we decided to speak in English like anybody from Vegas would, Anurag was absolutely floored. He said I am seeing what I wanted to see in the film now and that's how every scene went. None of us had our dialogs written, every single scene you see in the film has been improvised. No two take have ever been same.
All Barbara and I were instructed was that this is the point A this is where the scene starts and this is the point B this is where the scene ends. Going from point A to point B was up to us.
Q: Are you saying that dialogues are your own improvisation only?
We did have a script in Hindi but English improvisation was done by us. In fact os many times we would keep talking and would use a lot of footage. This was at all not very economical for the film. Then we started to restrict our self as we have to get to that point a little faster.
Q: There are lots of risky stunts in the film. Why did you not use a double?
I didn't see it as risk. Having worked in action films, I have sort of cultivated a knack of understanding for action scenes. I knew what kind of safety requirements I needed.
And once you have a good check on that and have a detailed examination of exactly what you want to do and you are stable and balanced in your mind, your body sort of speaks to you and tells it can be done it or not.
Every time my body has told me that yes I can do it I do the action scenes myself. I cannot allow fear to overcome me. I have done the film like Krissh where I have cable snap falling from 45 fits. But you have to learn to trust your own instincts and people you work with.
Q: Why don't you do away with the break?
You can't remove the break because all the theaters make their money in the interval time by selling samosa & popcorn.
Even in English film originally there is no interval but in India they creat interval at whatever point they want. That one fear I have in my mind that the people should not judge the film at interval point because it's not constructed as 2 films. It is one film without the high of dhantana… ab kya hoga..That's not their in the film.
Q: You have worked with all brilliant actresses from Bollywood, how would you compare Barbara with them?
It's not fair to compare because she comes from a completely different world of cinema. Her approach has been cultivated in a different world. All of us here have one conditioned approach to film making, about acting and wouldn't think anyone better or worst.
I would see the approach that artiste have in the west, as level two because they come from more honest films. And that's the kind of film I would like too. I aspire to be an actor who could be completely honest with his character and with his film.
Q: Would you say that Barbara is the best?
I did not say that. I cannot take away credit from all the great films that I have made or the people in my fraternity have made and kind of the films my father has made. But their films are more honest. They can't do what we do in our films, but the thing is that they don't want to do what we do.
It is definitely level two because it's devoid of any, as I said, external factors. They are not catering to the audience. You know so I love that.
Q. Would we see you doing Hollywood films?
Hollywood, yes if I finally decide on a script. That's the future, I can't confirm anything now.
Q: What is the reaction of your wife Suzanne for Singer Hrithik?
In this she is obvious completely biased. She feels I am best singer in the world she compares me with Elvis Presley. I don't believe in that I just feels it all what her love comes out for me.
source: www.santabanta.com
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