Actor Prateek Gandhi hopes audiences are open to the ethical dilemma on the heart of his upcoming movie Bhavai as what turns proper or mistaken over time.
Gandhi, who rose to fame after his acclaimed efficiency as infamous stockbroker Harshad Mehta in final 12 months’s hit SonyLIV sequence rip-off 1992, stated the data explosion by way of the web provides to the complexities of India as a rustic.
Bhavai is a movie about two individuals who work in a Ram Leela manufacturing and the way it impacts their private lives from the stage. it was initially titled Ravana Leela (Bhavai) But it was modified to respect the emotions of a piece of the viewers.
“In the age of social media it is extremely simple to color individuals’s views. If you might be continually being bombarded with some lies, you tend to imagine it to be true. This is what is going on all around the world.
“India has so much diversity in terms of religion, ideology, everything that it becomes easy to color people using these things. Internet is cheap and people have a lot of free time; This is a great evil we are fighting. These are such complicated times that no one has an answer for it,” the 41-year-old actor informed PTI in a Zoom interview.
In Bhavai, Gandhi performs Rajaram Joshi, a stage artist who performs Ravana in Ram Leela, a dramatic people remake of the Ramayana.
Traditionally, the Ram Leela makes use of music and dance sequences to depict the legendary battle between good and evil, symbolizing Lord Rama and Ravana.
The actor stated that although he’s not justifying Raavan’s actions that led to his eventual downfall, he is able to see the character as Grey.
“When Valmiki wrote the Ramayana, he could have described him as a “black” character or solely talked about his shortcomings, however he did not. While it hasn’t been true from the start, So who’re we to assert what is correct and what’s mistaken? Then why was Ravana known as ‘prakanda pandit’ (educated scholar) or Shiva Bhakta? Perhaps he additionally wished individuals to grasp graypan and name him simply Didn’t wish to be portrayed as a demon,” he stated.
There are many interpretations of the epic Ramayana in India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Malaysia, and it’s attention-grabbing that folks from these completely different international locations have “changed the story a lot and believed in their versions,” Gandhi stated.
“Even although I see it as a metaphor, each Rama and Ravana are current in every of us. It’s all about one’s mindset. All good is Rama, all evil is Ravana. But we live in a world that’s grey. So there’s a fixed battle happening between Rama and Ravana which works on inside us.
“It is a moral dilemma. What is right and what is wrong varies with time… By saying this, I am not trying to justify what Ravana did. But what I am saying is that Be open to interpretation.”
Born in Surat, coming from a spiritual Gujarati Vaishnav household, Gandhi stated that he grew up with ‘worship’ round him, contemplating himself a ‘non secular individual’.
“Even as an engineer and a student of science I believe that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. If it is so then energy is universal.”
Calling Bhavai “an important film of his life”, Gandhi revealed that director Hardik Gajjar had provided him the function even earlier than the 1992 scandal broke out. Had it not been for the coronavirus pandemic, the movie would have launched a lot earlier.
Set in opposition to the backdrop of Roop Bhavai, a well-liked people drama from Gujarat, the movie marks his first Hindi function movie.
“I can not thank Hardik sufficient for having Hardik and the crew because the leads earlier than ‘Scam’ when nobody knew what was going to occur. We have been simply going by script, on one another. Vishwas,” the actor, who’s all set to reunite with Gajjar in horror comedy visitor Bhooto Bhava, stated.
Another motive Gandhi stated that he agreed to take up the specialty of musical drama was as a result of Bhavai was an ideal mix of his two loves – theater and cinema.
“I get to carry out on stage within the movie. Both these mediums are near my coronary heart. Theater is my old flame, it was a pleasure for me to play the function of Ravana on stage for this movie. So this one for me. It was a really attention-grabbing journey, I had quite a lot of enjoyable.
“People typically ask us to touch upon the distinction between performing on stage and in movies. When actors go away the stage, there’s a particular change of their persona as a result of that’s their actual life.”
Gandhi stated that he continually wished to boost the bar for himself.
He stated, ‘I wish to give a brand new character to the viewers each time in order that they’ll suppose in another way each time. I’m excited that folks wish to see extra of me. We are within the enterprise of experimentation. What’s enjoyable about this line is which you can actually benefit from the course of whenever you experiment with out stress. “
The actor reiterated that there’s nothing within the movie that ought to harm the spiritual sentiments of the general public.
“Please watch the film first and then decide,” he appealed.
Bhavai additionally stars Aindrita Ray, Rajendra Gupta, Rajesh Sharma and Abhimanyu Singh in lead roles and is slated to launch theatrically on October 1.
The movie is offered by Dr Jayantilal Gada (Pen Studio) and produced by Dhawal Jayantilal Gada, Akshay Jayantilal Gada, Parth Gajjar and Hardik Gajjar movies in affiliation with Backbencher Pictures.
Gandhi will subsequent be seen in Disney Plus Hotstar sequence Six Suspects and Dedh Bigha Zamin, a drama function.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
