Kay Kay Doesn't Cross the Line

Never stepping out of needs into luxury makes life a comfortable journey for Kay Kay Menon

- Lachmi Deb Roy

“Don’t call me a star,” retorts Kay Kay Menon, because he believes that a star can be “made” but an actor is “born”.

It is this belief that had once pushed an adman to pursue his career on the silver screen. And, the Indian film industry received one of its finest actors in the form of Kay Kay Menon.

Kay Kay doesn’t take the baggage of working on the back story even if he is doing a Shakespeare. He makes the interpretation of the writer and the director his operating table. In a recently released Ray anthology, he plays the role of Indrashish Saha in a short film called, Bahurupi (Impersonator). “The only thing I did was read the interpretation that my director Srijit Mukherji had,” he says.