Actor Jaideep Ahlawat joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on playing AK74, the villain, in 'Commando - A One Man Army'.
Q. Was the film 'Commando - A One Man Army' challenging to you? Asked by: Deepak
A. Yes, it was for sure. It was a character which you don't see commonly. With a unique look and behaviour.
Q. Do you listen to film critics? Asked by: anurag
A. Well, Anurag ... I do listen sometimes.
Q. Your wish list of directors, you want to work with? Asked by: Sneha
A. Sneha ... there are many .. wanna work with Imtiyaz ali, Dibakar, Vishal Bhardwaj and list goes on .. give me good roles and I am on :)
Q. Hi Jaideep, first of all congratulations for wonderful performance in the movie. How do you feel the scope of villains in Bollywood? Do you think the movies nowadays are lacking the stories and effective dialogues? Asked by: Pankaj Singh
A. Hey Pankaj ... Thanks for the compliments. Well, till date there are heroes in film ... there will be villains .. so, scopes are good. That's the balance, you know. Well, I don't think that films are lacking good stories or dialogues .. its just that there are not there all the time. Infact, I wanna say that Indian cinema is going through its best .. and why because, we are making the film of different concepts and genres ... there is space for every kind of film.
Q. Does South still interest you? Asked by: Gunjan
A. Yes Deepak ... Films interest me .. no matter south, north , east , west ... good stories, scripts , roles... that's what I want.
Q. At what stage in your life did you felt that acting is what you are made for..was it from childhood? Asked by: komal
A. No, I felt it very late. After my graduation actually. Till then I wanted to be an Army Officer :)
Q. What are your upcoming projects? Asked by: Urmi
A. Well Urmi, I will be shooting for Vishwaroop part 2 very soon. and 2 more untitled projects almost final. Now, I am looking for good roles. Challenging one and big one .. :) :)
Q. Any advise you want to give to struggling actors? Asked by: Karthik
A. 1st one ... don't think you are struggling ... you are evolving in the process. there is no concept of struggling actors .. hahahaha .. every actor struggle in some or the other way .. 2nd thing is that .. Believe in yourself and work hard guys. Aaraam haram hai ... do something .. even if you are alone, do something. challenge yourself.
Q. What is your preference - commercial or offbeat movies? Asked by: yamini
A. Yamini ... a good combination of Both :)
Q. How do you choose the scripts for the films? Asked by: Farhan
A. It depends on many things ... 1st the script then how important is the role ... who is the director, .. etc ..
Q. Your favourite Bollywood actor? Asked by: Isha
A. Irrfan Khan. Paresh Rawal, Amrish Puri, Om Puri, Manoj Bajpai. Bahut hain ... hahahaa.
Q. Jaideep Ahlawat, what was your character in 'Gangs of Wasseypur'? Part 1 or 2? Asked by: Vengsarkar
A. Himanshu, I played 'Shahid Khan' in part 1.
Q. Hello Jaideep. first of all Congratulations for Commando. My question is related with Horror Genre as are you open to explore this genre as well? & what'd you think are areas indian horror films have to work in to produce wonderful horror films acceptable around the world? Thank you Asked by: Tarun
A. Deepak, Thanks so much for your wishes. Yaaa, I do think so. But, problem is that, i think, we never understood the concept of horror in Indian cinema. horror is very basic emotion. we fear from unknown things. everyone does. but we lack this thing in our horror films. we wanna show it on face value, like , this the ghost aur ab daro. We don't fear from ghost, we fear from the idea of ghost's presence. You know, what I mean.
Q. What was the reason you chose to act in the movie 'Commando'? Asked by: Himanshu
A. The reasons .. well, few of them I can say. 1st, it was a character, that I never played before. 2nd, it was something which i believed, was hard to pull off. it was larger than life I wanted to make it believable ... and so many things ... and, I had 2 songs too .. hahahhahahaah.
Q. How was your experience of working in the film 'Commando'? Asked by: Honey
A. A great experience Ravi. I got to the suppressed emotions in me. it was a journey of experiments and expressions.
Q. Jaideep, nalla irukeengala.. hahaa I was testing ur tamil skill. Well i dont have anything to ask . Just wanted to say. U rocked in Vishwaroopam.. Looking forward for Vishwaroopam 2. Asked by: Ravi
A. Tamil Nalla Pesran .... hahahhaha ... thanks for the compliment Anuj.its Coming Soon in India. hahaha.
Q. Do you think movies bring change to the society? Asked by: gaurav
A. Yes, they do sometimes.
Q. Which movie you enjoyed shooting the most- 'Gangs of Wasseypur' and 'Vishwaroop' or 'Commando'? Asked by: Honey
A. Everyone Deepak. Every film is close to me. Every character is came from me only. That was me feeling all those emotions. So that why every one was great.
Q. Was the film 'Commando - A One Man Army' challenging to you? Asked by: Deepak
A. Yes, it was for sure.
Q. One word about Kamal Hassan, please? Asked by: Ravi
A. Master.
Q. How is south film industry different from Bollywood in terms of functioning? Asked by: Anuj
A. Well, I haven't done that many films in south industry to actually answer this one. but, I just love Dr Kamal Hasan and I really wanna do more films with him and many more directors in that industry.
Q. Upcoming Hindi movie, I like your character!!! Asked by: vinay bhardwaj
A. You will get the information very soon Pankaj. Its little soon to declare :)
Q. Hi Jaideep, You were brilliant and awe-inspiring in both GOW and Commando and handled both genres with aplomb. Do you feel you have been typecast in villainous roles. Asked by: Anshuman Sahu
A. Well, 1st of all thank you so much for the compliment Sahu. And I don't think that I have been typecast in villainous roles. its just the start i think it will be too early to say it.
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