Actor Aparshakti Khurana, who will soon be seen in Vikramaditya Motwane's period drama 'Jubilee', says the main hurdle while performing his part in the Prime Video series was to slow down his pace.
Asked about the challenge he faced while preparing, and working for Jubilee, Aparshakti tells HT, “The major challenge was to slow down my pace. I think I am an up-tempo, jumpy (kind of a) guy. So, I had to work on that. An actor in the 1940s needed a thehrao (stability and grace). Naturally, ek Chandigarh ke Punjabi boy ke liye ye le ke aana mushkil hota hai (It was difficult for a Punjabi boy hailing from Chandigarh). Most of the exercises and conversations in the workshops were about bringing my energy down.”
He also said that being a father made it easier for him to bring that ‘thehrao’. “I was talking about thehrao...that (fatherhood) has helped (in achieving it). Once you become a father, especially to a daughter, zindagi ke maksad aur mayne change ho jate hain (The meaning and purpose of life change) The priority of your life changes and you want to become a better version of yourself. I look forrward to discuss films, world; maybe boys if she wants, when she grows up.”
The ten-episode series also features Aditi Rao Hydari, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Wamiqa Gabbi, Ram Kapoor, and Sidhant Gupta. Directed by Vikramaditya, the show focuses on the Hindi film industry in the 1940s. Aparshakti says that the most memorable moments while shooting for the show was music that is one of very important character of Jubilee.
"Kudos to Amit Trivedi," he says.
On the film front, Aparshakti was last seen in a mystery thriller film 'Dhokaa Round D Corner' alongside R Madhavan, Khushalii Kumar and Darshan Kumaar.
