New Delhi:Ashwin Dhar, who has been in movies like D-Day, Padmaavat, and others, played a major role in Aditya Dhar's Dhurandhar movies. In Part 2, he played gangster Arshad Pappu in a short but important role. The actor, who is enjoying the movie's success with the rest of the cast, talked about how Dawood Ibrahim (Bade Sahab played by Danish Iqbal) was portrayed in the movie in a layered way. He only talked about research, writing, and realism, and he gave a detailed explanation of how Aditya Dhar's stories combined fiction and reality in a beautiful way.
Ashwin Dhar talks about how Dawood Ibrahim played the role of Bade Sahab in Dhurandhar: Part 2
Ashwin Dhar started by saying that it is hard to know how closely research matches reality, especially when it comes to real people like Dawood Ibrahim. "There are two things I want to say about the research. I don't know about that. Maybe he was [Dawood Ibrahim]. Whatever research he did, maybe it was in that kind of situation. (Whatever research must have been done, maybe he was in those kinds of situations.) The second thing is that the director has to write the script. Even though the situations and characters are real, it is the writer's job to make the story interesting and to figure out how to show it to people."There are two things about the research. I don't know about that. Maybe he was [Dawood Ibrahim]. Whatever research he did, maybe he was in that situation.
He stressed that the roots may be in reality, but the choices made in the story still shape the final product. "Wo uska brilliance hain ki usne dikhaya hai." I don't know how true he is to his character. That is his genius: he has shown it. I don't know how honest he has been with the character. Woh shayad research se sach hi ho sakta hai ya nahi bhi ho sakta hai, kyunki ye ek kahani hai. It could be true because of research, or it could not be true because this is fiction. Fiction bhi hai, lekin reality ko fiction ko mix karke ek fiction hai. (It is fiction, a mix
Ashwin Dhar praises Aditya Dhar's brilliance.
Ashwin said that the goal was not to make the character seem more dramatic, but to make them more real by taking away the exaggeration. "Leave Dawood alone; whether he's a gangster or not, he's a big man. When he's in his own space, he's real." (Forget about Dawood; any gangster or powerful person is real when they are in their own space.) Really hote honge na. (They really must be like that, right?) Toh, aise over the top toh ghar pe baat nahi karenge, apne logon se baat nahi karenge. (They wouldn't talk in a loud way at home or with their friends.) Aditya had told everyone in that zone that "Bhai yeh sab real hai," which means "This is all real.""Dawood chhodiye, koi bhi gangster ho ya koi bhi ho, bada aadmi ho… bhai jab woh apne ek space mein hote hain toh real hi hote hain.
In Part 2 of this interview, you'll find out how Ashwin Dhar shot the brutal "football" scene with Danish Pandor (who played Uzair Baloch) under the direction of Aditya Dhar.Read also: