Actor Vikrant Massey is pleased as his newest launch Love Hostel, streaming on ZEE5, has crossed over “two million hours of viewing”. Also, the movie’s producer Shah Rukh Khan’s phrases of reward for the complete crew, together with actors Sanya Malhotra, Bobby Deol and director Shanker Raman, has left Vikrant elated. His arduous work has been paid off because the viewers has lapped up his movie. But it was not fully a pleasant expertise for the actor to play Muslim boy Ahmed Shaukeen who elopes with Hindu lady Jyoti (Sanya Malhotra).
“I did undergo fairly a little bit of ups and downs whereas filming Love Hostel. I used to be repeatedly taking remedy,” Vikrant told indianexpress.com. He added, “This film had a certain degree of emotional impact on me. Physically, yes, it gets tiring, but emotionally both Sanya and I had to go through therapy during Love Hostel. There were days when I broke down. Besides therapy, I did have my share of sleepless nights as I am not an actor who can switch on and switch off a character. For you to think like someone you are not, it does catch up with you. You start thinking like your character. You start feeling like your character. It is that journey that becomes challenging.”
Love Hostel, written and directed by Shanker Raman, exposes the apply of honor killing in some elements of the nation. It exhibits how love is forbidden between a Muslim man and a Hindu Girl.
Talking in regards to the movie’s central topic, Vikrant Massey stated, “Let’s be truthful, there are lots of Ahmed and Jyoti on the market. We all know what has occurred with inter-faith marriages. We have seen individuals being ostracized for following their free will and religion in the previous couple of years. So, the concept was to speak that via the movie.”
What made Vikrant take up the movie was the facility to be the viewers’s voice. He stated, “This is not the country I recognize my country as. This is not the society I was raised in. This is not the world that I was made to believe in. When you see things like that happening around you, you really want to go out and be the audience’s voice.”
Love Hostel is streaming on ZEE5.
Vikrant was eager to showcase the story of his character Ahmed. Ahmed’s wrestle for acceptance in society resonated with the actor. “We are the largest democracy but then some people are not allowed to follow their free will. These are the ironic situations we deal with day in and day out. It really struck a chord with me, and I wanted to tell Ahmed Shokeen’s story,” shared Vikrant whereas explaining why he picked up a darkish movie like Love Hostel regardless of being a ‘delicate’ individual in actual life.
Though the movie was darkish and handled a delicate challenge, director Shanker Raman made positive to create a protected setting for his actors. In an earlier interview with indianexpress.com, he stated, “For me, the most important thing is to make them (actors) feel safe.” And, it’s this high quality of Shanker that made the job a bit simpler for Vikrant Massey.
“Shanker works very quietly. There is no brouhaha that ‘oh, we are shooting such an intense film’. He created a comfortable and safe haven for his actors and technicians to protect ourselves and yet return to the morbid world we were representing,” Vikrant stated.
Love Hostel is ready in Haryana and the actors needed to endure diction teaching for the movie. In truth, Bobby Deol, who has brilliantly performed the antagonist Dagar within the movie, realized Haryanavi with child-like enthusiasm. And, all of them did it so properly that within the movie, it felt all of them belong to the place the place the story is ready.
Bobby Deol performs the antagonist in Love Hostel. (Photo: iambobbydeol/Instagram)
Vikrant stated the diction “blended beautifully” into the movie due to the director. “He didn’t want to pretend play. We just wanted to play what we see and hear, and what that particular belt is like. Though we had diction coaching, we wanted to keep it as real as possible, maybe that is the reason it doesn’t stand out,” the actor shared.
Apart from success on the skilled entrance, Vikrant kickstarted the yr on a constructive be aware. He acquired married to his longtime girlfriend Sheetal Thakur final month. And, at present, he’s “living his dream”.
Concluding the dialog on a lighter be aware, Vikrant Massey stated, “I am happier than I was before. I am more at peace than I was before. I am happy about how life has been and I am living my dream. I couldn’t have asked for anything more.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
