Published 14:07 IST, November 10th 2020
Rohit Saraf opens up about playing mind games with Anurag Basu to get details of 'Ludo'
Rohit Saraf opened up about playing mind games with director Anurag Basu to get details about Ludo's script, as Basu doesn't reveal anything about his films.
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Actor Rohit Saraf who is a part of Anurag Basu’s Ludo recently opened up about how he got details out from director about movie in a recent interview with PTI. Basu usually doesn’t share many details about script. Read on to kw how Rohit Saraf mand to do it.
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Rohit Saraf on getting details about 'Ludo' from director
Rohit Saraf revealed in interview how he got Anurag Basu to spill out details of script of his upcoming Ludo. actor said that he resorted to playing mind games with director in order to find out more about script. Rohit said, “I'd get nervous and try to play mind games with Anurag sir, ask ''What would happen next, how would we approach?''
However, actor revealed that Basu would never spill details as he wanted actor to be fresh and ir reactions to be spontaneous. He added that movie is magnificent because actors did t kw what was coming ir way. “He didn’t give us eugh time or content to over analyse it. Magic happens when everything is spontaneous. I liked way of working. We trusted his vision and completely surrendered,” said Saraf.
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actor who made his debut in Dear Zindagi, as Alia Bhatt’s younger bror has also been a part of movies Sky Is Pink and Hichki. While speaking to PTI over a Zoom call, he explained how it was a daunting experience to work with 8 massive names who were a part of cast, and he is just someone who is setting his foot in industry.
He said, “I was pretty insecure in beginning. For an actor who hadn't done too much work, who's aspiring to be big, when you get to kw you're in a film which has eight or massive names alongside you, you tend to get nervous. It starts to become a more daunting experience than an enjoyable one. That's what happened in beginning."
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"You're an underdog, you don't have money, you work in a mall and you'll go crazy when you receive money. Do you want to do film?" was pitch Anurag Basu gave to Rohit Saraf, recalled actor. He is playing role of Rahul in movie, who is a homeless man working at a shopping mall and finds a suitcase full of cash at work, one day. Rohit expressed that thought of being directed by Anurag Basu and working with such a huge cast was indeed tempting.
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Ludo is a dark crime comedy film, which features four different stories. ensemble cast includes Abhishek Bachchan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Pearle Maaney, Inayat Verma, Asha Negi, and Shalini Vats. movie is to release on Netflix on vember 12, 2020.
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14:07 IST, November 10th 2020