"For Shaurya he was supposed to join me as usual. And he just fitted into the role of Paltoo Kaku like a glove because they needed a bhadra lok." The only one he couldn't make it for was Shaurya. He would visit me on location for every film. But my dad, a full-blown bhadra lok (Bengali gentleman), played a role in my first film 'English, August'. A lethal combination."ĭuring the making of Shaurya, which has an army background, Rahul lost his father Rupen Bose. He's part RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) agent and part lovelorn buffoon. "No Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam is the toughest role I've played. For now I'm happy because Shaurya would be my most successful film after Jhankaar Beats" "After reading the reviews of my unruffled performance in Shaurya, I wonder how critics would react to that one. The last is by far my quietest and most satisfying performance.
"But I enjoy subtle performances like English, August, Chameli and the forthcoming The Japanese Wife. "I did a rabble-rousing performance in Sanjay Jha's Mumbai Chaka Chak Just like the guy in Split Wide Open and Pyaar Ke Side Effects, there's nothing subtle about that guy. I faced the same situation with Mr & Mrs Iyer It took a while for people to understand my quiet performance. The notion of silences on screen escapes our audience. "Unfortunately, in this country the more aggressive performance is considered 'better'. He feels performances in India are judged by their immediate effect. If we had both screamed in the courtroom, the moral equilibrium of the sequence would've gone for a toss," he added. The aggressive character always wins the applause first. "That's a direct reflection of the way Kay Kay and I have played out our characters. But it's only now that I've started getting phone calls for the credible sane element that I represent," Rahul told IANS in an interview.
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"Everybody after seeing Shaurya is full of praise for Kay Kay.and rightly so. Talented actor Rahul Bose says aggressive roles get recognition easily and that is why his more subtle performance in Shaurya is taking time to register.