Page 57 - October 2018 converted

paTaaKha acTor Sunil grover: guTThi,

rinKu bhabhi and maShoor gulaTi are a

parT of me, will never leave Them

ishal Bhardwaj’s Pataakha Vishal who was directing me. So, I them.
is all set to hit the screens surrendered myself. He would tell
Von September 28. The film, me that Sunil do your thing I will tell Q. Do you miss the good old days of your comedy
which stars TV actor Radhika Madan you if you go overboard or need to show on Sony? Will there be ever a comedy show as

and Dangal girl Sanya Malhotra in go over. popular as that?
the lead roles, will also see Sunil Q. Was the portrayal of women in I don’t know. I’m so busy with films. Right now, the
Grover as Dipper Naradmuni. In the film a shocker for you? focus is to work this out. For me, the energies are
an exclusive conversation with I think when two sisters are fighting, focused here. Let’s see what I do next, once this

indianexpress.com, Sunil gets swear words are very normal. It wraps up.
candid about Pataakha, Vishal wasn’t a shocker but cute in a way. There’s always been a better person. I love the song
Bhardwaj and his stints on television. And it’s a Vishal Bharadwaj film, “Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shayar Hoon, Pal Do Pal Meri
Q. We see a different Sunil Grover these swear words are nothing. You Kahaani Hai, Pal Do Pal Meri Hashti Hai, Pal Do pal

in the film. Tell us something about must have seen Omkara and his me mijaani hai.”
the brief given to you by Vishal other work. This can be watched Basically, there will be more who will be better at it.
Bharadwaj. with family. There is nothing abusive The song very beautifully describes the rule of the
It is a film. A different medium for me. or offensive. nature that change has to come and for good.

I haven’t explored much. I feel happy Q. How is Vishal Bharadwaj as a
and lucky to have got the chance to director?
work with him. The kind of cinema I have always been his fan. I’m lucky
he has made, the stories he chose to have got to work with him. He

and the treatment, its intriguing. knows what he is doing and enjoys
Pataakha’s journey was enriching it. He’s an artist. He is a poet and
and when you work with a profound whatever he wants to write, it’s his
director like Vishal Bhardwaj, it’s a expression. You can be his paper

pleasure and a great feeling. and pen but not his thoughts.
Q. I read being this character was Q. We often see you coming back
not a task for you. Is it true? to television as Dr. Mashoor Gulati,
My character by nature is naughty, Gutthi and Rinku Bhabhi. So, can we

which comes naturally to me. But say you do not want to leave them
because the medium was different, behind?
how much am I suppose to offer was These characters have made me
a constant pressure on my mind. what I am. People know me because

On television, we don’t think much. I was Gutthi, Rinku Bhabhi or
Here, on the silver screen, you are Mashoor Gulati. People love them,
also telling a story simultaneously. I think. Even now, whenever I am
So, there is a pressure to not look traveling, people call me “oye Gulati

like an attention seeker or trying saab” or they’d be like “Gutthiji” even
to be over unnecessarily. So, you if I am wearing normal clothes. I’m
have to be calculative in your head. not surprised when they do that.
It was new for me. A fresh learning. These are the characters that are

One comfort that I had was, it was a part of me. I don’t want to leave
www.thebmagazine.com DALLAS | OCTOBER 2018 | VOL 157 57