By:
Upala
KBR,
Mid-Day
Tuesday,
June
12,
2007
Actors
do
offbeat
things
on
and
off
screen
but
this
time
Piyush
Mishra,
who
plays
Huffy
Bhai
(Abhishek's
partner
in
crime)
in
Jhoom
Barabar
Jhoom
(JBJ),
found
himself
writing
poetry
instead
of
dialogues
for
his
role
in
JBJ.
Piyush
has
scripted
dialogues
and
screenplay
for
films
such
as
The
Legend
of
Bhagat
Singh,
Yahaan
and
1971.
He
also
wrote
the
lyrics
of
Black
Friday.
Piyush
admitted
writing
shers
and
shayaris
for
his
character
and
reciting
them
instead
of
his
dialogues
at
various
stages
of
the
film.
"It
was
an
unusual
experience
for
me.
Though
I
am
a
writer
and
have
written
lyrics
for
Gulal
and
Black
Friday,
for
JBJ
I
used
shayaris
as
I
play
a
very
colourful
character
Hafeez
Khan
or
Huffy
bhai
from
Karachi
while
Abhishek
plays
Ricky.
We
are
partners
in
crime
and
do
everything
together.
I
am
like
Abhishek's
elder
brother
in
the
film.
But
after
writing
the
shayaris
in
JBJ
I
realised
that
there
are
no
shortcuts
to
acting
and
as
actors
we
have
to
be
flexible," he
says.
"Haffy
Bhai
is
'aashiq
mejaaz' and
'rangeen
aadmi'
who
wears
colorful
costumes
and
also
has
a
colourful
language,"
Piyush
adds.
But
what
made
him
write
shayaris?
"I
was
tired
of
acting
in
serious
films
like
Matrubhoomi
and
Maqbool
and
getting
tagged
as
a
serious
actor.
In
Maqbool
I
played
Kaka.
They
offered
the
role
of
Haffy
Bhai
to
Dharmendra
and
Pakistani
actor
Omar
Shariff
but
for
some
reasons
they
couldn't
do
it.
I
had
earlier
acted
in
Dil
Se
so
Shaad
and
I
had
formed
a
friendship.
I
got
a
call
from
him
and
during
the
first
scene,
he
asked
me
to
write
a
sher.
I
did
that
and
then
this
continued
for
every
scene.
It
became
like
a
part
of
every
dialogue.
The
shayaris
are
thoda
hatke
and
they
have
colloquial
words.
Even
in
the
climax
scene
with
Amitabh
Bachchan
instead
of
dialogues
I
have
had
shayari," he
reveals.
Life
became
tough
for
Piyush
after
that.
"I
had
to
write
the
shayaris
on
the
spot.
They
would
give
me
the
scene
and
I
would
write
the
shers," he
said.
Piyush
who
has
earlier
worked
with
Amitabh
Bachchan
in
Dewar
found
both
father
and
son
very
cooperative.
"Bachchan
saab
ki
baat
hi
kuch
aur
hai
but
Abhishek
mein
bhi
sanskar
toh
wohi
hai," he
said.
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