Veteran actor Nasser, 65, has carried out round 700 movies in his 34-year-long profession. The actor says his greatest movies are both with filmmaker Mani Ratnam or with actor Kamal Haasan. Popular throughout the nation for his function of the deformed uncle in Baahubali, Nasser was not too long ago seen because the mysterious antagonist in Ponniyin Selvan I and II. The actor has now revealed that he solely shot for a day and regrets not having the ability to do extra scenes attributable to date points. Also learn: Nasser would not say no to any function, says he’s knowledgeable about roles in South movies day earlier than shoot
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Nasser is now again with an online collection The Jengaburu Curse, by which he performs a two-faced character. In an interview forward of the present launch on SonyLIV, Nasser shared fascinating trivia about his different large tasks just like the Ponniyin Selvan and Baahubali movies, together with Lagaan which he was supplied however needed to decide out of. Excerpts:
You had been fully unrecognisable because the mysterious Veerapandiyan in Ponniyin Selvan I and II. Your one scene was repeated a number of occasions within the two movies.
I really feel very unhealthy as a result of that may be a crucial character. It needed to have many extra scenes. I used to be alleged to be there for 5 – 6 days, however sadly it was such a giant movie and was getting rescheduled. So both there was a schedule cancellation or after they referred to as, I wasn’t there as I used to be elsewhere. Somehow it occurred that I could not present the dates for it. All my scenes are shot in in the future.
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You you been a continuing in Mani Ratnam’s movies, particularly which had Aishwarya Rai among the many forged members. We see this trio repeatedly. Is there an outdated promise in place?
No. Mani Ratnam sir is a really, very intense director. He could do something for associates however for friendship sake, he is not going to do something for the movie. Because for him, a movie is greater than friendship or anything. He will name provided that that actor is required for that character in that story. I’m so comfortable and blessed that I used to be repeated in his movies. If I filter the most effective movies I’ve carried out, most of them are with Mani Ratnam and Kamal Hassan.
What is the most effective praise you’ve gotten acquired on your function of the depraved and deformed Bijjaladeva in Baahubali franchise?
The acquired many good compliments from my colleagues and viewers. But I worth one good thing. It is from the author and director itself. On a tv present, they requested Rajamouli Garu, ‘you have so many actors in your film but whose performance you rate number one.’ After just a few seconds, he stated, ‘Nasser Garu did it very well.’ That’s a terrific praise I bought from Rajamouli himself as a result of he’s the one who imagined that character. It’s good that he himself has stated it.
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You had been additionally approached for Lagaan?
Yes, I used to be approached for Lagaan for the function of heroine’s father. I needed to play cricket, I used to be a bit uncertain about it. But this was not the rationale behind me not being a part of Lagaan. I used to be alleged to be there for 90 days with them, which was very tough for me as a result of I used to be concurrently doing movies in Telugu and Tamil as effectively. I used to be unlucky to offer what they requested for.
The nepotism debate refuses to die down. Your kids are additionally in movies. Do you additionally face such questions or are judged for a similar?
No. When I got here to the trade, there was no person from my household. It is so pure that an actor’s son or director’s son desires to steer what their father wished to do. You can’t cease it. That can’t occur in any discipline. You know a health care provider desires his son to be a health care provider. Even if he desires to grow to be a lawyer, they power him to grow to be a health care provider. Nepotism is for those who suggest your son for an undeserving character. If my son isn’t becoming that function, however it is going to be a really highly effective and profitable function and there’s a large director and I maintain pushing him to take my son, then it turns into nepotism. Look at my son solely as an actor. If the director finds good high quality in him as an actor, he can forged him. You can’t put the whole lot into nepotism.
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