Showing posts with label Bloody Brothers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bloody Brothers. Show all posts
Onscreen kiss between same sex actors will never be normalized-Mugdha Godse
8:23 AM
Titas Chowdhury (HINDUSTAN TIMES; April 17, 2022)
Onscreen representation of homosexuality might have become a frequent phenomenon in Hindi films and web shows, but the hoopla surrounding it doesn’t seem to wane off. Needless to say, actor Mugdha Godse’s onscreen kiss with her co-actor Shruti Seth in the web series Bloody Brothers, which released last month, grabbed the attention of many.
“Anything like this will never be normalized,” sighs Godse, adding, “I knew it would be the talk of the town. So, making it look good was my aim.”
Ask her if she had any apprehension about shooting for the scene and she says, “There were many mixed feelings initially to perform the scene. But eventually, we became comfortable and got into our characters. Shruti had rightly said, ‘performance triumphed discomfort’.”
Godse, however, shares that she isn’t open to doing bold scenes that are intended to only grab eyeballs. “In our cinema, many makers put bold scenes to amp up the masala quotient. Very few do it with real aesthetic sense,” she says, adding, “I’m not up for nudity or too many bold scenes. Comfort is important while performing any scene.”
And while filming such intimate scenes, being surrounded by a safe and trustworthy crew is paramount for the 35-year-old. “For instance, in Bloody Brothers, our crew was not only trustworthy, but super helpful and kind, too. Shaad (Ali, director) knew what exactly he wanted and he designed the scene [in such a way that] discomfort took a back seat,” she elaborates.
With the changing landscape in the Indian content scenario, Godse’s glad that filmmakers are ready to accept actors like her in lead roles. “My priorities as an actor remain the same. What have changed are cinema and the film industry. Tall, dusky and non-commercial faces are not cast as vamps only today,” she signs off.
I have to up my game because the story is shouldered by me-Jaideep Ahlawat
8:20 AM
Jaideep, who fronts Bloody Brothers, says playing the lead is a responsibility as well as a relief
Uma Ramasubramanian (MID-DAY; March 19, 2022)
After Jaideep Ahlawat delivered a nuanced performance in Paatal Lok (2020), many of us wished to see him in a comedy, a genre that would be an antithesis of sorts to the gritty web series. It looks like the actor heard us. His latest offering, Bloody Brothers, sees him spin a web of lies and deceit, to hilarious results, when his brother — essayed by Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub — runs over an elderly man. Ahlawat holds the black comedy close to his heart as it sees him in a leading role.
“It’s liberating to play the lead. But, along with that, comes great responsibility. Now, I have to up my game because the story is shouldered by me. At the same time, as an actor, there is a sense of relief. I can pick and choose the stories I want to tell. Paatal Lok has been a game changer for me in that regard. People started trusting me more as an actor,” he says.
The ZEE5 series is an adaptation of BBC’s Guilt, a thriller set in Edinburgh. While the original was a taut mystery, director Shaad Ali has infused dark humour into his adaptation. The satire is a change of pace for Ahlawat who was almost getting pigeon-holed in intense roles. “There was a phase when [I was getting typecast]. Now, I feel relieved that I am not being typecast, and all sorts of roles are coming my way.”
Satish Kaushik, who quit smoking on Veeru Devgan’s insistence, picks it up again for Bloody Brothers
8:01 PM
Uma Ramasubramanian (MID-DAY; March 17, 2022)
The things actors have to do for a role sometimes go beyond their personal choice. Filmmaker-actor Satish Kaushik, who was flitting between the decision to smoke or not, finally relented for the love of art despite his health issues. Playing a don in ZEE5’s Bloody Brothers required the actor to smoke cigars.
“Shaad [Ali, director] said that the cigar could give my character an edge and style. I have a bit of bronchitis issue, [so I was worried], but he let me take the final call,” informed Kaushik and added that he often sipped warm water after every smoking scene.
“I realised that the smoke of the cigar surrounding my character would make it look interesting [on camera]. I usually mouth-fagged and timed it well to ensure that I looked convincing as don.”
The actor had quit smoking when he set out to direct Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993). “I quit smoking after shooting for the train robbery sequence in the film. I remember Veeru Devgan was on top of the train, and I was standing below, smoking while briefing him about the scene. He threatened to stop shooting until I stopped smoking. That’s how I quit the habit,” reminisces Kaushik.
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