Veteran actress Neena Gupta is on a roll in her second innings in the Hindi cinema with acclaimed performances in movies like “Badhaai Ho!”, “Mulk”, and web series “Panchayat”, and hopes she continues to get good roles in the journey ahead. The actress, who will next be seen in “Dial 100”, says the upcoming crime thriller gave her an opportunity to play an interesting role.
Dial 100 is a story of a police officer Nikhil Sood (Manoj Bajpayee), who receives a call from a distressed woman (Neena Gupta), who wants to commit suicide. The call puts him in a difficult situation as the woman takes his wife (Sakshi Tanwar) and son hostage.
The 62-year-old actress is one of the most sought-after actors in the film industry today, said she is grateful for all the roles coming her way. “I am very grateful that I am getting such nice parts. I am shooting for this film called ‘Shiv Shastri Balboa’ with Anupam Kher and again, I have a very different role.”
“I also have the second season of ‘Panchayat’, ‘Masaba Masaba’ and a film on organ donation, where I play the main part. I have a lot of good offers but I am still very greedy,” she told the news agency.
The plotline and her role attracted her to this film, though she had initially turned down the project. “The casting agent had told me that it is a revenge kind of a role, so I had said no because I don’t do negative roles. Then I spoke to the producer and he told me about my role. It was very different from what I have done so far, that’s why I said yes to it.”
The National award winner said she is grateful to the director Rensil D’Silva, for giving her the correct note to play the character of Seema Pallav. “An actor often does different kinds of roles, not necessary that whatever role you do you have gone through that emotion or phase. I have done a mother’s part when I was not a mother.”
“So when I was giving my first shot I asked Rensil if I can do it this way or that way, he suggested this particular tone and I followed that throughout the film,” she said.
The veteran actress also opened up about her acting process. “My funda is very clear, you mean your lines, listen to your co-actors lines and that is the crux of everything. You need to be focused, concentrate and your body language are also very important. If I can do all these things with complete focus, then the work is done,” she explained. Dial 100, is set to premiere on August 6 on ZEE5.
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