Rakul Preet Singh will soon be seen in the Tamil film NGK. is now preparing for the release of Suriya starrer NGK. In an interaction with the media, the actor spoke about his character NGK, Vanathi, and his collaboration with director Selvaraghavan
. Here are excerpts from the conversation:
Q. Tell us about your character in NGK.
NGK is a political thriller in which I portray the character of Vanathi. Vanathi does politics and is a strong and ambitious personality.
When Selva recounted the scenario, he informed me of the character. He said that no one knew what was going on in Vanathi 's mind. She is someone who understands the business well. She is strong and very independent, autonomous woman. Until now in my career, I have never played such a character.
Working with Selva sir was a new experience. His leadership style is very different.
For example, we were not supposed to blink when we had dialogues in front of the camera, no matter what happened. It took three days for me, Suriya and Sai Pallavi, to get used to this concept of not blinking. I asked him about it. His idea of not blinking is to maintain the intensity of the scene and characters. He thinks that blinking can break the connection.
Another rule of working with him is to wait three seconds to deliver the dialogues after getting a benchmark of action.
If there are two actors in a scene, there must be three. second the gap between their exchange of dialogue. As an actor, you get used to certain techniques, but on the set of Selva sir, you're supposed to go all out. And that's why they say that if you work under Selva's leadership, your performance will improve.
I am very happy to have had the chance to work with him. I am sure I learned a different way to approach a character.
Q. Generally, in political dramas, female characters are reduced to emotional anchors or secondary characters. How is NGK different?
You can see it on the poster, to start. If I just played his love interest, it would have been different. But in this film, this man's career is his career in politics and how these two (female) characters are his anchors. I think they are well written characters and well designed.
Q. Selvaraghavan's films are known for their complex and superimposed female characters.
I think they are very deep characters with their own backgrounds. These are not just characters who come to the screen, make a scene and are limited to this shot. Each character has a path and when they make a scene, there is a process of thought that trots in their head. They are very multilayered and I think that's what distinguishes Selva sir.
Q. NGK's promotions have already emphasized that educated people do not often engage in politics, which often creates chaos and problems. Do you agree?
I really think educated people have to do politics. We know what we need to do to study the MBA and become an engineer, but nobody knows what to do if he wants to get into politics. I think we need to educate young people so that our young people can explore them.
I think today's young people are very concerned about what's going on. As an ordinary citizen, I should be aware of what I must do if I want to make the change. I think ordinary people and educated people should consider politics as a profession, because I think half of the country's problems will be solved.
Q. Have you had to do any research on Tamil Nadu regional politics?
No, I did not do it. This is not a film that has been adapted from a real situation. It's a fictional story. In addition, I think that Selva sir does so much homework that even if you have prepared something, it will give you something completely unexpected. So, it is better not to learn. Be a blank slate.
Q. How did it work with Suriya?
Very nice. I think he's extremely nice and that he's still childlike innocence, even though he's a big star.
Q. Is there a real politician you would like to represent on the screen?
If it's a good story, I'd like to emulate anyone, but I did not think about it.
a biopic, I will definitely do it. I want to do a biopic and I want to tell a story that probably needs to be told. There is so much to tell and movies are the best way to tell these stories.
Q. What is the reason for taking a break from Telugu movies for a year?
I worked on films in other languages. I was shooting for De De Pyaar De, which took about six to seven months, and I was also working on Tamil films. This year, I have six versions.
Some scripts came to me, but they did not have time to do them. De Pyaar asked me to give some time. We shot for 200 days for this movie. As soon as I finished my work there, I started my new project here (in Tamil.)
Also, this is not a race. I think working on good movies and not on the number of movies.
Q. Are you ready to make a web series?
If something big happens, I would like to do it. Digital has become such a big platform and its content is so solid.