Showing posts with label Mrunal Thakur brother. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mrunal Thakur brother. Show all posts
Jersey's role came naturally to me because of my past experiences of taking care of my brother-Mrunal Thakur
8:25 AM
Mrunal, who plays a mother in Jersey, says her protective instincts towards younger brother helped her identify with the part
Mohar Basu (MID-DAY; April 9, 2022)
Jersey is as much a relationship drama as it is a sports film. Gowtam Tinnanuri’s directorial venture sees Mrunal Thakur as a headstrong woman who has to run the household and take care of her child when the cricketing dreams of her husband — essayed by Shahid Kapoor — are shattered. Thakur says she could identify with the nurturing streak of her character as she harboured similar feelings towards younger brother Mandar during their growing-up years.
“I was unofficially given the duty of [taking care of] my younger brother while we were growing up, and I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it. It’s a natural instinct for every elder sister to mother their younger siblings. In Jersey, I play a mother who is trying to make ends meet while also taking care of her child. The role came naturally to me [because of my past experiences], right from my prep to bring depth into my performance, to the very last shot,” says the actor.
The emotional prep aside, Thakur says cracking the two distinct looks for the film was integral. A chunk of the drama is set in the ’90s, while the second half plays out in the present day. The actor says, “Along with my stylist, I locked the looks. We raided my family albums to understand [the styles prevalent in that decade].”
People ask me why I was playing a sister and I wonder if there is a clause stating I shouldn’t-Mrunal Thakur
8:12 AM
Mrunal Thakur insists she’d play sister and mother than turn down good scripts
Ankita Chaurasia (MUMBAI MIRROR; November 26, 2020)
After spending Diwali in Mumbai, Mrunal Thakur is back in Chandigarh with Shahid Kapoor for the last schedule of their film Jersey. “Now, you have to allot an extra week before and after for quarantine. But we are so excited, we don’t want to stop shooting,” gushes the actress.
While for many the lockdown resulted in increased social media activity, Mrunal had deleted all apps from her phone, not wanting to know who is having an OTT release, who has achieved what, bringing on increased stress and in some cases, depression too. Instead, she used the time constructively to learn cooking. “Earlier, I couldn’t even brew a cup of tea, now, I can lay out a meal. And from my 20-year-old cousin I’ve learned that intermittent fasting is upvas and a balanced Indian meal in proportion is the key to good health,” she says knowledgeably, sharing that her father did not miss going to the bank for a single day during the ongoing pandemic and her mother concocted every possible kaadha (herbal medicinal drink) to boost immunity.
She herself has been most disciplined through the downtime, going to bed by 10 pm and waking up at 5:30 am. “My parents would walk 10 laps around the house as a workout. I took yoga and strength training sessions with them, and also enrolled for ballet classes in the afternoon,” she informs, admitting her siblings, Lochan and Mandar, couldn’t wait for her to resume shooting so they could sleep in late.
Talking of siblings, she plays Ishaan Khatter and Priyanshu Painyuli’s sister in the war drama Pippa, based on Balram Singh Mehta’s book The Burning Chaffees. “People ask me why I was playing a sister and I wonder if there is a clause stating I shouldn’t. I play a mother in Jersey, after mothering two kids in an ad at 21. I’d be foolish to turn down good scripts due to such inhibitions,” she shrugs.
After she wraps up Jersey, Mrunal will get back to the Bay to prep for the Thadam remake that pairs her with Sidharth Malhotra. Her Toofaan co-star, Farhan Akhtar, has already got her training in Mixed Martial Arts so she won’t have to start from scratch. “Every morning, I practice on the beach as the sand helps with balance and engages the core. It’s helping me get the body language and mental make-up of a cop,” she avers, adding with a laugh that after ODing on Keanu Reeves in John Wick, she can’t wait to show off her action chops.
Before the lockdown, she wrapped up Umesh Shukla’s laugh riot, Aankh Micholi, revealing that she was so much in awe of co-star Paresh Rawal, she’d forget her lines at times. “He was two different people during Toofaan and Aankh Micholi,” she says, wonderstruck that she’s living out a dream that crystalised when she saw Salma Hayek’s Frida and fell in love with acting. “I had a DVD library membership even as a child and Smita Patil is my inspiration,” she shares.
It wasn’t easy getting her parents’ approval because they believe any publicity, good or bad, is to be avoided. “Now, my parents are my biggest PRs, turning misty-eyed whenever my name rolls in the end credits,” she chuckles.
Her sister is a makeup artist; Super 30 was their first film and they’ve been working together since. “After doing my dandiya, Christmas party, and annual day makeup, my sister knows my skin best and helps me push the envelope. Earlier, I was conscious about what others think, now I dress up for myself. We even create looks of characters that I want to play and put a wish out to the universe so it materialises,” she confides, adding her brother, who is just 16, wants to produce music and pursue a career in gaming. “Currently, he is building his own computer,” she concludes.
I have learnt that true success is to learn to deal with failures-Mrunal Thakur
6:55 AM
Kavita Awaasthi (HINDUSTAN TIMES; December 20, 2019)
She made her Bollywood debut with Love Sonia in 2018, and this year, actor Mrunal Thakur is basking in the success of two of her hit films — the Hrithik Roshan led Super 30, and Batla House, co-starring John Abraham. The actor now has a number of films in her kitty including Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Toofan, co-starring Farhan Akhtar, a horror anthology film Ghost Stories, and the Hindi remake of the Telugu film, Jersey, starring Shahid Kapoor.
Ask her if she feels successful yet and she responds, “I was successful the day I started acting and began executing the ideas I had for my career. Recently, I was telling my 15-year-old brother that in school, we are taught how success is so important in life, but in life and in eight years of my acting career, including TV, I have learnt that true success is to learn to deal with failures. I think people are successful in their own minds, and in their own eyes. We don’t need anyone else’s appreciation. We should learn to love our own talent and ourselves.”
Citing the example of her spot boy, Mrunal explains, “Vinay has been with me since I began working and people would address him as Vinay. But ever since I started addressing him as Vinay ji, everyone around me on set has started calling him that. Your respect is in your own hands. I think, we are all successful in own right but we look up to others to validate it. Have faith in yourself.”
After a long career in television and now a movie career, Mrunal admits that the entertainment industry has its own pressures and problems. She reveals that she deals with some problems of her own. “Right now, I am facing the continuity problem. Managing looks between two movies is quite the task. The good kind of problem is that I am very busy and not able to give time to my family but I wanted to be so busy, too. I am too new in the industry,” she signs off.
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