Difficult to convince actors for love making scenes: Abhishek Choubey
19 Jun 2013 8:56 PM GMT
Abhishek Choubey, who has helmed intimate scenes between Arshad Warsi and Huma Qureshi, as well as Madhuri Dixit and Naseeruddin Shah, for Dedh Ishqiya, says it isn’t easy to can love scenes with actors unless they trust their director completely.
‘Let me tell you, it’s not easy to shoot intimate scenes with our actors. They have to trust the director’s vision. As the director, I had to make sure I didn't let the actors down,’ said Choubey.
He says ‘once Madhuri accepted the scenes, she gave all of herself to them’.
‘However, there are more intimate scenes between Huma and Arshad than between Madhuriji and Naseerji (in the film),’ he added.
The director especially can’t get over the experience of working with Madhuri.
‘It was an honour to work with somebody of her calibre. Getting Madhuri was the best thing that could’ve happened to the film. I feel she has all the emotions within her. It’s really up to the filmmaker to pull out the emotions he wants in her character and she gives a pitch-perfect performance,’ he said. Choubey said the the script was actually written to accommodate Madhuri’s personality and skills.
‘What’s the point of having her in a film if there’s no dancing? We wove her dancing skills into the script. You see, when we decided Madhuri would play Begum Para, we wrote the character according to Madhuri’s personality.
‘Let me tell you, it’s not easy to shoot intimate scenes with our actors. They have to trust the director’s vision. As the director, I had to make sure I didn't let the actors down,’ said Choubey.
He says ‘once Madhuri accepted the scenes, she gave all of herself to them’.
‘However, there are more intimate scenes between Huma and Arshad than between Madhuriji and Naseerji (in the film),’ he added.
The director especially can’t get over the experience of working with Madhuri.
‘It was an honour to work with somebody of her calibre. Getting Madhuri was the best thing that could’ve happened to the film. I feel she has all the emotions within her. It’s really up to the filmmaker to pull out the emotions he wants in her character and she gives a pitch-perfect performance,’ he said. Choubey said the the script was actually written to accommodate Madhuri’s personality and skills.
‘What’s the point of having her in a film if there’s no dancing? We wove her dancing skills into the script. You see, when we decided Madhuri would play Begum Para, we wrote the character according to Madhuri’s personality.
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