Gulshan Devaiah believes in frank talk.
The actor, who has been a part of films like Shaitan, Hunterr and Mard Ko Nahin Dard Hota, had learnt a lot in his nine-year career, perhaps a result of deep thinking and analysis of the movie business.
“I can have endless conversations with people about life, career, art, and be comfortable with myself. I am more sure about myself and a lot happier about who I am,”
Your next film Footfairy is a crime thriller. Do you like watching films from this genre?
Yes. Recently, I watched the film Raat Akeli Hai and I quite enjoyed it.
Tell us more about Footfairy.
I found the script very interesting. It was well written and relatable.
Kanishq (Varma, director) and I had already bonded on David Fincher and our admiration for him.
For a first-time film-maker, I thought his script was very interesting and well thought of.
We didn’t start shooting right away, we had two months of pre-production for the principal cast.
We would read the scenes, have a lot of discussions and that really helped us on set.
I knew my lines backwards, and even the lines of my co-actors!
Even they knew my lines.
We knew what the scene was, who was doing what in the scene, the subtext, the intent, everything.
So we saved a lot of time on set.
The films in your filmography are mostly festival films, with great reviews and smaller releases. Is that the kind of films you gravitate towards or simply what’s offered to you?
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