Pratik Gandhi will be seen in two biopics
Key Takeaways:
- One of his upcoming biopics will focus on the social reformers Jyotirao Govindrao Phule as well as his wife Savitribai Phule, whose birthday is January 3.
- Actors who portray characters on screen risk straddling the line between faithfully portraying them and coming off as imitators.
The following task for Pratik Gandhi is enormous. Let’s make it two. The social reformers Jyotirao Govindrao Phule and his wife Savitribai Phule, whose birthday is January 3, will be the subject of one of his upcoming biopics, and Hansal Mehta will direct a web series about Mahatma Gandhi.
These things captivate me greatly. The only aspect of them that I think can be interpreted as an actor, even though the world is aware of them, is their way of thinking.
Even the person closest to them in life would not have known. That aspect makes it even more difficult, but I’ll try to explore it, the 42-year-old says.
What kind of preparation must he go through? Additionally, there is a limit to how much artistic freedom he can use regarding historical figures. “We already know the major events in their lives. You are supposed to build a character that comes to life in front of the camera.
If the character is fictional, you can view it from all angles, and I can give it different voices and body language. However, we are aware of the traits of historical figures. I can add some colour, but I’m limited in what I can do. Gandhi confirms that there is a cap.
The Gandhi biopic will be shot after the beginning of the Phule biopic’s filming in April. Actors who play characters on screen risk walking a fine line between accurately representing them and coming across as mimics.
“There is no comparison, but there were pictures and video clips online when I played Harshad Mehta in Scam 1992,” he claims. That’s a leap of faith because I don’t resemble him.
I give Hansal (who directed the series) a lot of credit because I firmly believe that it is possible to create characteristics that are so compelling that, as viewers, you will begin to look past how someone appears off-camera.
