Actor
Adil
Hussain
said
he
feels
more
fulfilled
as
an
individual
when
he
is
performing
on
stage.
The
54-year-old
actor
said
unlike
other
people,
an
artiste
cannot
afford
to
be
ignorant.
"Acting
impacts
you;
sometimes
deeply.
I
believe
I
live
a
truer
life
on
the
stage.
As
in
my
real
life,
I
may
have
the
luxury
to
be
unaware,
unresponsive,
and
unintended.
"But
in
the
other
space,
Im
alert,
focused,
and
contained
about
my
character," Hussain
said.
The
actor
was
speaking
at
the
Q&A
session
after
presenting
his
film
"Mukti
Bhawan",
which
opened
the
sixth
Dharamshala
International
Film
Festival.
The
critically-acclaimed
movie,
directed
by
Shubhashish
Bhutiani,
revolves
around
an
overworked
son
forced
to
accompany
his
old
father,
who
is
in
search
of
salvation
in
Varanasi.
Hussain
said
he
has
been
obsessed
with
the
idea
of
death
for
a
long
time.
The
actor
recalled
how
his
fathers
demise
led
him
to
come
face-to-face
with
some
of
lifes
simplest
truths.
"I
received
a
call
from
my
eldest
brother
informing
about
our
fathers
death
when
I
was
shooting
on
the
Pakistan
border.
But
on
being
called,
I
got
up
to
give
another
shot
and
then
wondered
why
I
did
not
feel
sad
about
my
fathers
passing.
"So
I
had
a
flashback
that
I
have
been
obsessed
with
death
for
a
long
time.
It
led
me
question
my
lifes
purpose," said
Hussain.
With
pti
inputs