{"id":16390,"date":"2017-04-22T00:04:16","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T07:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=16390"},"modified":"2017-04-22T00:04:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T07:04:16","slug":"irrfan-khan-is-not-a-pretentious-actor-saket-chaudhary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/irrfan-khan-is-not-a-pretentious-actor-saket-chaudhary\/","title":{"rendered":"Irrfan Khan is Not a Pretentious Actor: Saket Chaudhary"},"content":{"rendered":"

File photo of Irrfan Khan posing at a promotional event for \u201cPiku\u201d in Mumbai, April 28, 2015. (AFP\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n

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@Siliconeer #Siliconeer #Bollywood #IrrfanKhan #Piku #HindiMedium @IrrfanKhan @SaketChaudhary \u2013Filmmaker Saket Chaudhary says while directing Irrfan Khan in \u201cHindi Medium\u201d he realized that the actor has no pretence of being a \u2018know-it-all.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Speaking about Irrfan, Saket said \u201cHe is never over confident about his craft. He is not the kind of actor who pretends that he knows it all. His process is very personal and he constantly prepares for his role, discussing it and figuring out how to play it better.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a director when you\u2019re working with him, you\u2019re explaining the scene to him, you don\u2019t direct the actor. You direct the scene in which the actor does his part. I have the humility to say, \u2018I am no one to teach him how to act.\u2019 He is way beyond that,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi Medium\u201d revolves around the stereotype of English over Hindi and the class divide which it ends up creating.<\/p>\n

In the film, Irrfan plays a father to a young girl who he wants to enroll in a top notch school.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the time we came up with a scene where he owns a shop in Chandni Chowk (in Delhi) which sells designer lehenga, we knew only Irrfan can play this character. He has a certain every-man appeal,\u201d Saket says.<\/p>\n

The director says the idea came about while he was researching along with his co-writer Zeenat Lakhani for his last film, \u201cShaadi Ke Side Effects.\u201d<\/p>\n

The duo realized it was too big an idea to incorporate in the Farhan Akhtar-Vidya Balan starrer, so after the release of the film in 2014, they started developing the idea further and finally pitched it to producer Dinesh Vijan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe subject is so relevant. We realized that today irrespective of the background of the parent, they still want to have the best education for the children. This is across the board, from someone who lives in a posh apartment to a lady who comes and cleans it.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven a maid today wants to send their children in the same school as that of the people she works for. That aspiration is across class. It was a very important subject and we have tried to show exactly this in the film.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi Medium\u201d is scheduled to release in May, this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

File photo of Irrfan Khan posing at a promotional event for \u201cPiku\u201d in Mumbai, April 28, 2015. (AFP\/Getty Images) @Siliconeer #Siliconeer #Bollywood #IrrfanKhan #Piku #HindiMedium @IrrfanKhan @SaketChaudhary \u2013Filmmaker Saket Chaudhary says while directing Irrfan Khan in \u201cHindi Medium\u201d he realized that the actor has no pretence of being a \u2018know-it-all.\u2019 Speaking about Irrfan, Saket said…<\/p>\n

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