IANS Exclusive: Rajeev Siddhartha Opens Up About Love, Sitara Experience

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In an exclusive conversation with IANS, Rajeev Siddhartha shared his inspiring journey, from humble beginnings to achieving success in the entertainment industry. Speaking on this occasion he said “basically, when I had thought of doing acting as a profession, all the actors whom I admired, one special thing about them was that they used to play different types of characters. Their range as characters was very good.”  #RajeevSiddhartha #Trending #2024 #BollywoodCountry #BollywoodNews #BollywoodGossips #BollywoodUpdates #BollywoodNews #Bollywood #Bollywoodcelebrity #BollywoodHindiNews #ians

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00:00I had a lot of fun.

00:07Like I said, you know, I think the atmosphere of the film, the experience, the energy and

00:14environment that is created in the film, I think, as per my experience, if your director,

00:21if the director sets the right tone, the right, you know, instruction and basically lead by

00:31example, if the director does it well, then automatically that trickle down, the cast,

00:36crew, that energy spreads in everyone.

00:38And I have to give full credit to Vandana Kataria, who is very, very, as I said, very

00:44detailed, oriented and very passionate or focused or almost obsessive kind of a director.

00:51Because of her, our work has become very easy.

00:55Because the script was very well written.

01:00And our workshops, that is the first time where I met Shobita and I must say that she

01:11is a very grounded, very collaborative, very trusting kind of actor.

01:16And because an almost collaborative energy had spread on our set, we all worked without

01:25any ego, very defenselessly.

01:29And I think whenever she and I were in a scene or any other actor, there was never a

01:37moment that we have to enhance our individual performance.

01:41We were all working for a scene.

01:44And I think because of that, a lot of scenes have been shined and because of that, the

01:50film has also become a star of the audience in a way.

01:55So I'm very grateful for that experience.

01:57So basically, when I thought of acting as a profession, all the actors whom I admired,

02:12they basically had one special thing that they used to play different types of characters.

02:19Their range as characters was very good.

02:24In fact, sometimes they would play a businessman.

02:28Sometimes they would play a criminal.

02:30Sometimes they would play different types of characters.

02:34So my dream of acting was always to show my range as an actor.

02:46So that's why I feel that I've been lucky that I've had the opportunity to play different

02:54types of characters.

02:56In Ashram, as you said, I was a reporter.

03:00An idealistic reporter.

03:02In FOMO Shots, I was an NRI.

03:05Basically, a very selfless and very giving sort of a human being.

03:15And in Love Sitara, I'm playing a chef.

03:18And I really enjoyed working in Love Sitara.

03:22Especially our director, the captain of our ship.

03:25She was very collaborative.

03:31She was very giving.

03:32She was very exacting.

03:33She was very detail-oriented.

03:35And because of her, and thanks to RSVP, I got a chance to train as a chef in Farzi Cafe.

03:43I trained there for a month and a half.

03:46Cutting, chopping, slicing.

03:48In fact, I also worked there as a proxy head chef.

03:54So I was a head chef.

03:55But while watching them, I used to learn how they used to take orders.

04:01How they used to manage the kitchen.

04:03They are basically the leaders of the kitchen and restaurant.

04:08And I observed the atmosphere of the kitchen very closely.

04:14Because I knew that in our film, there are 3-4 scenes where plating, cooking, cutting, slicing are intense scenes.

04:27I mean, while doing that, the scene that is happening is also very intense.

04:31So I knew that if I don't know this automatically, then the scene can go wrong.

04:36So fortunately, the month and a half was a lot of fun and hard work.

04:41And I can say that all the scenes of cutting, cooking, and plating were done in one take.

04:50Because if I hadn't spent a month and a half in Farzi Cafe, then I'm sure the day's schedule would have lasted for 3-4 more days.

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