Imaad is not interested in acting
Courtesy:
IndiaFM
Tuesday,
March
27,
2007
With
all
the
actor
sons
and
daughters
making
their
debut,
here
is
another
one
in
the
making.
Imaad
Shah
the
son
of
the
superlative
actor
Naseeruddin
Shah
who
made
his
acting
debut
in
a
minuscule
role
in
his
father's
film
Yun
Hota
Toh
Kya
Hota
will
now
be
seen
playing
the
lead
role
in
Prakash
Jha's
upcoming
film
Dil
Dosti
etc.
The film is set in Delhi University. Imaad who has spent time in Delhi and also has a couple of friends studying in the university talks about the film "The film is about a few chaps in Delhi University who are trying to make sense of their environment, dealing with relationships and dealing with each other and their confusions and enjoyments that youth brings with it".
Imaad plays one of the chaps in the university and feels that his character is very close to real life as he too is still trying to figure out his options in life. "I play a spoilt guy from a rich family. Apart from that he is quite introvert and spends time with himself. He is also very interested in women like a lot of us are. To put it simply he likes to sleep with them. He understands checking out his relationships which are confusing to him".
Even after the trauma of the accident Imaad is angst-free and quite excitedly talks about the incidents while shooting for the film. "It was a lot of fun and we met a heap of characters from around the university. We had an interesting time in the Hindu college hostel. All of our costumes for the shoot got stolen. We were given our own home clothes as costumes, at least I had. And an entire collection of my clothes just vanished as the Hindi college boys decided to break into our room and take away things".
"I think Naseeruddin Shah has given his best performances on stage in the role of Vladimir in the play Waiting for Godo", says Imaad.
Ask him on how instrumental his parents have been in him taking up acting and Imaad replies, "My parents have been influential of course and one has to admit that one gets work because of certain context. I wish that wasn't the case but that is the case." So which is his favourite Naseeruddin Shah film? "I think he was very good in Sparsh, and then again in Bombay Boys he was interesting. But I think he has given his best performances on stage in the role of Vladimir in the play Waiting for Godo". And one film he feels his father shouldn't have done? "To be honest, heaps of them. But the one that comes to my mind is Zulm Ko Jala Doonga. But he has done a lot of films which he has felt miserable doing."
The
one
film
I
feel
my
father
shouldn't
have
done
is
Zulm
Ko
Jala
Doonga.
Will
comparisons
between
him
and
his
father
affect
his
performances
in
any
way?
"Personally
I
think
there
aren't
any
comparisons.
But
I
can't
really
bother
myself
about
it.
I
think
one
should
just
stick
to
doing
ones
job
and
leave
that
to
everybody
else.
I
am
not
too
interested
in
that
department."
But if you are expecting the son of Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak to be very serious about taking up acting as a career option, you are quite mistaken. Only a film and a half old Imaad has already decided that acting isn't quite his foray. "Actually I am not awfully interested in acting. This project just happened by chance. I wasn't planning on doing acting projects and I don't think I am planning on doing too many in the future. Of course one needs to earn and fill the stomach so that's a priority. But acting is not number one in my list."
Imaad has no set plans for the future and just wants to explore his possibilities at the moment. "There are no more film projects. I am just hanging around right now. I might move my city to somewhere like Delhi or Pune. I am still a little displaced. I am also concentrating on healing myself as I had an accident some time back"
Does that mean we won't be seeing anymore of this talented man? Not really for if not acting he definitely promises a lot more. "I think the future will have some interesting creations of my own. I am hoping to make some films and do some music also."
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