i love to be a performing Artist
How did theatre happen?
I always had a desire to join theatre. Learn the performing art. After my graduation in 1998, I enrolled for a workshop conducted by Amol Palekar and Bhakti Barve following which Bhakti barve informed me about Pandit Satyadev Dubey’s free workshops. I joined the workshop and did various plays, but no one took notice. I then did backstage for Makarand Deshpande’s play Vasanth Ka Teesra Yoven. It was then, that I actually learnt theatre. At the same time another friend who was also a struggler in the industry told me that Rajkumar Santoshi was looking for an actor who resembled the freedom fighter Rajguru. I appeared for the look tests and finally bagged the role of Rajguru in The Legend of Bhagat Singh. Currently I am doing three plays – Saa Hi Besura, Ek Kadam Aage, Seetaram Ki Khoj Mein Hawaldar, and many.
Theatre to me is riyaaz and so I will continue pursuing it.
What is one special thing about theatre?
In any movie, a character ends with the film. But in theatre a character is born and dies with every show. We can experiment with the character. Every show gives the actor the opportunity to live the character. We can see the happiness, sadness, all emotions in audience’s eyes….theater is total experience of performing art, I just love to be part of theater.
Which is the most challenging role you have ever done?
I think every role is challenge for me. & I except it positively & passionately.
Who is one creative personality you look up to?
The late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. From the lyrics, his voice, to his style his passion… every melody he recited had the capacity to take the listeners to a different world of trance.
What is your say on parallel cinema gaining popularity?
I think there is no as such parallel or commercial cinema. People & media named them
Audience decide the film, if they love the film they talk about it if they not they ll still talk about films, they just love films, no one ll stop them. They ll love film forever whether it is bad or good
The audience too prefers practicality over fairytales and so has begun to appreciate such films.
One actor whom you enjoyed working with the most…
I worked with legends like Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Amir khan Mithun Chakraborty,Nasirudin shah, Sudhir pande,Raghubir yadav, They are wonderful co-actors. They create a very comfortable atmosphere for the co-actors. & I am fortunate that I work with all this mind blowing actors….
But I enjoy very much with Mithun chakraborty most.
How do you feel as known actor in society?
Its really great feeling that your work appreciated by people. They always expect more & more form every actor. that’s really big responsibility as creative person. People always told me that you acted very good in so & so film…I replyd them that I have to act 100% in every film or every work I did, because in every field you have to work 100%. Or you have to deliver 100% . If you not then you ll not grow.& u ll not get next chance.
But yes I love to be an actor …
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Which director you want to work with?
Ohhhhh there are so many of them…..yes but I like to work with Anurag Kashyap,Nagesh kuknoor, Shriram raghvan, Vishal bharatdwaj , Sanjay leela bhansali, Priyadarshan, Ashutosh Gowarikar, so many …….they all are just superb.. i know ill work with all of them one day.
Anurag Kashyap
Abhay Deol
Dibakar Banerjee
Hansal Mehta
Khalid Mohamed
Kundan Shah
Anish Kuruvilla
Jaideep Verma
Manish Gupta
Navdeep Singh
Bhavani Iyer
D. Santosh
Onir
Ashvin Kumar
Ramu Ramanathan
Sudhir Mishra
Pankaj Advani
Revathy
Saurabh Shukla
Shilpa Shukla
Sujoy Ghosh
Suparn Verma
Santosh Sivan
Shashank Ghosh
Shivajee
Pavan Kaul
Partho Sen-Gupta
Prroshant Naryannan
Sam Langoria
Satish Kasetty
D: Hope its ur first name:)
Welcome on PFC. Its nice to see you here.
As you have been dwelling both in Theatre as well as in Cinema also. Though both are acting related arts but Camera catches you very closely and record expresions in eyes and even movements of muscles of face.
Do you follow same pattern in your acting at both the places or you do take care for special features and bring differences in your performance at stage and before camera?
Some thing can be irrelevant and thus additional effort in each one of them.
Ofcourse in theatre you go home with instant reaction and with inner vows to improve today’s mistakes and in Cinema you lose this chance atleast for that part of the story as soon as cameraman store your scene.
Do you find difference between directors in both the mediums especially during the rehearsal times!
welcome again!
Welcome to PFC D Santosh!!
warm welcome to PFC. >:d<
a very warm welcome to you
Santosh.. hav seen your seetaram ki khoj..u were good.. arey aapki Ahista Ahista bhi zordaar rahi bhaiyaa… acha tell me how long it took you to come on stage from back stage…??
welcome aboard Mr Santosh.
Welcome to PFC!
You rocked in KHAAKHI man.
It was a good film with some top guns of our industry. But you blew everyone man.
welcome to PFC!
ahh finally a fellow actor! welcome to PFC
[mainak, this is for you] last movie watched: fast food nation
Santosh, Welcome aboard…
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this as per Mainak's instructions to all PFC authors(he's the guy who's carrying the baton these days)
Last movie watched: Raqueeb (I'm still hurting 3 hours after the movie)
Reading: How to manage your dick.
Listening: Ek aankh maroo toh padda hut jayee, doojee aankh marro kaleja cut jayee (from some 80s Jeetendra movie)
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Striker
You forgot the rating for the film.
That will help us a lot.
Thank you OZ
LAST FIlm Watched – WONDERLAND (7/10) Starring Val Kilmer as the legendary porn star John Holmes. Cool movie.
Loopsong – Get Innocuous! – LCD SOUNDSYSTEM.
Reading – CALIBRE – KEN BRUEN
Hello guys im touchd
thanks for all your warm welcome…im feeling good with intaracting with you all.
Rk assk me that
Do you follow same pattern in your acting at both the places or you do take care for special features and bring differences in your performance at stage and before camera?
i dont follow any pattern for theater n cinema. i think there is no such pattern to perform in both media, its all abouut beautiful amalgmation heart & brain. i normaly use obsevation memory mixed with my emotion..understand what im saying…
& most imp is what sean situation & charactr deamend.i perform what i felt that point ..thats it.simple
RK ask me
Do you find difference between directors in both the mediums especially during the rehearsal times!
in theater directors work of charactr’s details from actor.he always share his experience..with actor for performance..even gives lots of space to actors..reharsals time is like acting workshop
for a actors…..they can work on ther speeches,attitude of charactrs,movment on stage..actor try to be as perfect as possible.its wounderful time we spend in reharsal with chai, cigreats,& lots of sweat…i just love to be part of reharsals
in cinema there is not that much time to reharsals.you have to be prepared from first day of shoot. u have to do home work for that role. u have to be very fast whne you r shooting.
smriti vij
thanks im happy to be part of PFC
Vasan, paremal,Mainak,striker…thanx so much…its very good to be patr of PFC
Naren…
thnx for your compiment great
Truly, no joy greater than letting your emotions take over on stage. aaah!
good luck and god bless.
hi santosh…i didn’t know who u r…but i like my rajguru…we see many great performances in many films, but we do not recognize or do not care to remember the supporting leads…but that’s not the case with u…at first sight itself ur image was inscribed in my mind, i haven’t watched ur subsequent films but rajguru is still there…u show required intensity in your performance without losing the childlike innocence which makes it more believable and more impactful…
all the best and hang on there, we need many like u
thnx Jai for your wounderful compliment i appriciate.hummmm your keen observer of films & charctor’s..
if you want to know about my more performence’s pl.chq. my dairy name ‘RECATIONS’by DSantosh..
if the role is authorback then actor can perform more excillent or he can go beyond.
but in Indian hindi film only main charactor(Hero)is authorback other charactors r for feel up the placees…..thatswhy didnt get good charctorsto perform….
for example suppose if diffrent actor played rajguru in TLOBH…u like his performance too…..
becoz the charctor is fantstic..& again Authorsback…….
but anyways no problem ill get more & more good roles & ill make gold of it…..
but thnx again for your reply
c u soon
Hey Santosh, welcome aboard. A very warm welcome!!
thanks santosh..i wl surely observe ur past and future work..
u said..
“for example suppose if diffrent actor played rajguru in TLOBH
thn phoenixnu…….i appriciate…..like some of your KAVITA
C U SOON
Welcome on Board Santosh….Hows your play going? Any film projects in pipe-line that you are excited about?
Good Luck!!!
hey om thnx so much it was realty great feeling be on pfc