Actors Hrithik Roshan, Anil Kapoor and Deepika Padukone are all set to play Indian Air Force pilots in Siddharth Anand’s film ‘Fighter’. During a recent media interaction held in Mumbai, Hrithik mentioned how Anil’s acting inspired him, and even narrated an incident from the sets of ‘Fighter’ where Anil’s dedication left him in awe.
Hrithik told Anil, ”I have worked as an assistant while watching you in many films, my dad’s (Rakesh Roshan) films. I modeled my process of how to get into the film as an actor by seeing you. I spent 3-4 years doing that and I was a very good assistant. Even now I love shifting between being Sid’s actor and Sid’s assistant.” Hrithik further added, “As an assistant main aapko dekhta tha (use to watch you), I used to learn and then of course whatever happened in the journey.”
He further compared Anil’s hard work to that of an Olympic sportsperson, and revealed how an intense shot was interpreted beautifully by Anil. Hearing all the praise from Hrithik, Anil ended up tearing up and got emotional.
Hrithik further stated, “Fighter ke set pe hum log scene kar rahe the (We were doing a scene on sets of fighter) in the corridor and I had just seen a few scenes of the film and I was on set with you and …I had come to you and told you that a scene in the film – which was written on paper as a very aggressive scene and then – I saw what you did and told you that you have interpreted this scene in an entirely different emotion and what you have done, you have taken the film from there to there (enacts elevation) in one scene.”
Hrithik was surprised that Anil got emotional upon receiving praise from him. “…and when I told you this, your eyes welled up and you had tears in your eyes and mine were just watching you aghast that my God, this man must have put so much of himself into that one scene that when he is getting to hear that he has done well, he has tears in his eyes. This is after 4 decades of doing what he does and still having the power to give that much into a scene, that day I again turned into an assistant and watched him,” Hrithik said.
He further signed off by telling Anil, “Acting schools should have a symbol of you. You should make a symbol. They should put up a banner”.
‘Fighter’ also features Karan Singh Grover and Akshay Oberoi. It is set to release on January 25.
