EXCLUSIVE: Arjun Kapoor on Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar, being emotionally consuming, reuniting with Parineeti

Arjun Kapoor is someone who barely minces his words and is all hearts in conversations. As Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar gears up for a release finally, Arjun Kapoor spoke to us if the wait for release was exasperating, the learning and unlearning process with ace filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee, the challenging parts of being Pinky. We also asked him if he saw any similarities between his debut movie Ishaqzaade and Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar as both star him with Parineeti Chopra and somehow have shared conflicted relationship in the story premise. Over to him.

Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar is finally releasing in the theatres after a long wait. Did the wait for the release get exasperating at times, how did you cope up with it?

The wait to get out of your house and not be in the lockdown was quite more exasperating so I managed to cope with it quite well. Unfortunately, yes but can you help it? No. You have to take it in your stride and believe that whatever happens, happens for the best and we have fought back. Sandeep and Pinky Faraar is finally coming back to the theatres and that in itself is very very heartening.

You are collaborating with Dibakar Banerjee for the first time. His world is very different from the movies you have done before. What is that you had to learn and unlearn in the process?

Firstly, that was the most exciting part that I got to do a film with someone who is unlike anyone I had worked with within the last few years. That in itself was very challenging. Firstly, you have to unlearn all the trapping of being a mainstream commercial hero because that is not something you sign up for when you take up the script. Pinky in himself is a very conflicted internal character that is against the grain of a cop in uniform in Hindi films. He is not externally fighting villains, he is internally fighting demons. He is not very happy to be in that uniform. He is someone who would rather be anywhere but this situation he is in.

To play a character with inherent sadness, I had to learn to connect and reconnect with the sadness in me that exists. Dibakar tapped into that sadness of mine and my personal space to bring out Pinky Dahiya in the most authentic sense without me having to talk so much on screen. That for me was a very difficult and heavy process.

 

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This is your third film with Parineeti. In your first movie together, you two were somewhat on the rival side, yet again in a quirky twist in Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar, the trailer hints at a complicated relationship there. Did it feel like going back to where it all began?

Of course, it felt like we are going back to Ishaqzaade but slightly more matured, slightly less infused with romance but more with the reality of life, the nuances of knowing that these are real people in a really messed up situation. At its core, they are aggressive and cannot stand each other but at a very nuanced level, In Ishaqzaade you could showcase your emotions willingly, here it has to be felt by your audience from your face rather than you saying much or doing much. That was pretty interesting because you have to hold your calmness as you would do in real life where you are stuck in a situation, so the playing along part was pretty interesting to do.

Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar’s trailer has been garnering some exciting comments. Did you manage to see it…?

No, I don’t see comments. I have realised that it is best to see the reactions of the people after they see the film because comments can sometimes be misleading, whether good or bad, so it is better to wait for the entire film to come out.

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