Arshad Warsi: Like Doing Complex, Layered Roles But Don't Get Offered Much
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By P T I
As
someone
who
has
mostly
done
comedic
roles,
actor
Arshad
Warsi
says
web
series
Asur
gave
him
a
rare
chance
to
play
a
complex
and
layered
character.
Arshad
has
played
serious
roles
in
the
past,
most
notable
in
the
under-appreciated
film
Sehar,
but
comedy
movies
Munna
Bhai
MBBS,
Hulchul
and
Golmaal
have
been
more
successful.
In
Asur,
which
has
garnering
a
lot
of
critical
appreciation,
the
51-year-old
actor
plays
the
role
of
a
forensic
expert.
Arshad
said
he
took
up
the
offer
as
it
gave
him
a
chance
to
come
out
of
the
comic
zone.
"Two
things
compelled
me
to
take
up
Asur'.
It
had
a
great
script,
thrilling
and
unpredictable,
exactly
what,
I
feel,
is
required
in
a
web
series.
Secondly,
it
was
not
a
comic
character.
It
was
a
serious,
complex,
layered
character,
something
I
like
doing
but
don't
get
offered
much," Arshad
told
PTI
in
an
interview.
The
actor
said
out
of
the
70
to
80
films
that
he
has
done,
about
50
of
them
have
been
comedies.
"I
did
only
one
absolutely
serious
film,
which
was
Seher'.
My
work
and
the
film
was
really
appreciated
and
now
the
second
one
is
Asur'
and
again
my
work
and
the
series
has
been
appreciated.
Then
there
are
the
semi-serious
characters
in
films
like
Ishqiya',
Jolly
LLB'
in
which
my
work
was
loved.
Thanks
to
these
few
films,
I
am
considered
a
versatile
actor.
I
really
wish
I
get
offered
more
serious
roles," he
added.
As
an
artiste,
Arshad
said
every
film
every
role
comes
with
its
own
share
of
challenges.
"Every
film
and
every
character
is
a
struggle
and
a
performance
pressure
is
there
till
the
appreciation
starts
or
doesn't
start
(coming)," he
said.
Though
the
actor
does
not
believe
in
following
any
technique
in
portraying
a
role,
he
tries
his
best
to
capture
the
nuances
and
the
little
details.
"Once
I
have
heard
a
script
and
understood
the
character,
I
keep
thinking
about
it
24/7,
till
the
film
or
series
is
over
and
that
is
my
homework
or
process
to
play
any
role," he
said.
Arshad
said
for
his
role
of
Dhananjay
Rajput's
Asur,
available
on
Voot,
he
has
tried
to
not
over-dramatise
his
part,
keeping
it
as
real
as
possible.
"As
actors
we
tend
to
over-dramatise
a
situation.
In
real
life,
when
a
doctor
is
operating
on
a
patient,
he
needs
to
be
very
calm.These
are
the
nuances
that
make
a
character
believable,"
he
added.
The
crime
thriller
series
pits
two
opposing
worlds
against
each
other
-
of
forensic
science
and
Indian
mythology.
"Mixing
Hindu
mythology
and
science
was
a
brilliant
and
a
difficult
idea,
which
is
one
of
the
things
that
attracted
me
to
the
script.
The
writers
of
Asur'
are
well
versed
with
Hindu
mythology,
way
more
than
I
can
ever
be.
So
as
an
actor
it
is
my
job
to
have
faith
in
them,
and
that's
exactly
what
I
did,"
Arshad
said.
The
series
has
got
an
overwhelming
response,
9.1
rating
on
IMDb,
and
the
actor
credits
the
director
for
creating
a
thrilling
story.
"The
director's
vision
is
brilliant.
It's
unpretentious,
to
the
point,
the
background
score
is
haunting,
the
editing
is
sharp,
the
visuals
are
mesmerising
and
all
the
actors
are
immensely
talented.
It's
difficult
to
go
wrong
with
all
this."
The
actor
revealed
that
season
two
of
"Asur"
is
pipeline
and
that
the
work
has
already
begun
on
it.
"The
writers
are
working
on
it
and
it
is
going
to
be
an
uphill
task
for
them
after
the
response
of
season
one,"
he
said.