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An interview with
Kay Kay Menon |
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Kay Menon is one of those actors who can carry off any
given role with elan. Known for his versatility and
serious characters, the actor has now shifted focus to
comic roles too. The actor will now be seen in yet
another serious role in Samar Khan's SHAURYA.
Q.: What does SHAURYA mean to you?
A.: At first I would like to make clear that for me "shaurya"
and "veerta" are two different things. "Shaurya" is in
raising voice against wrong deeds when no one is ready
to support you. But in this film that particular word
has different meanings for different characters.
Q.: What's about your character in SHAURYA?
A.: I am playing a brigadier in the film. He is known
as Rudra Pratap Singh. He has some personal values and
has faith in those values only.
Q.: The film is based on army. What do you feel is
the most interesting part of the film?
A.: The best thing is that whatever is told in the
film is based on reality. Everything including
uniform, behaviour and mannerism are very realistic.
Q.: How did you prepare yourself for your
character?
A.: I don't do much of research. I believe in the
story and prepare my character based on the story. I
have always seen that whenever we start researching on
characters, we end up coming with some fixed
mannerism. And that's even opposite to the character.
I don't even think of doing the film, which doesn't
offer me any good character.
Q.: Have you ever done anything in your life that
has become SHAURYA for you?
A.: I don't remember anything like that because I
think it builds ego in you. So better you forget that,
as it helps living a better life.
Q.: How was the experience working with Rahul Bose?
A.: Very nice. Besides this film, we are working
together in MAAN GAYE MUGHAL-E-AZAM, too. Because of
that, our tuning has become very good. He is an
excellent actor. He works hard on improvisation in
between scenes to make his character look better.
Q.: Any interesting incident on the sets of SHAURYA
that you would like to share with us?
A.: I feel the whole film is memorable to me. We went
to Manali for shooting. The most important thing is
that I learnt golf during the shooting of that film.
Q.: You are known as a serious actor. Do you take
these characters intentionally or you are naturally
tended to choosing such characters?
A.: I like to take my characters seriously, instead of
making myself serious. Actually I am seriously a funny
guy. In HONEYMOON TRAVELS, my character is the same. I
play characters in accordance with films. I hope the
serious tag will soon be removed from my image.
Q.: You have played many characters. Tell us which
character is closest to your heart? Which kind of
characters are you looking forward to portray in
future?
A.: I try to attach myself with all the characters;
otherwise I couldn't have made them look realistic.
Whether it's a character of a villain or a
kind-hearted human being, we just show it through our
acting. Every human being has it in him, and he has to
just bring it out. I would like to portray characters
that can inspire others. I think every character has
its own destiny. That destiny comes back to the actor
who plays that character.
Q.: How do you look at the awards?
A.: It means nothing to me.
Q.: Please tell us about your forthcoming films.
A.: There are eight films besides SHAURYA. They are
MAN GAYE MUGHAL-E-AZAM, SUNSET CITY, DRONA, BOMBAY
MERI JAAN, FRAME, DREAM MAN, VIA DARJEELING and SIRF.
I don't know about which among them will get released
first. I have done my job and all the films are ready
to get released.
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