Don't like things that come easily, naturally to me: Rajkummar
4 May 2018 3:33 PM GMT
Mumbai: Rajkummar Rao says he loves roles that test his limits as there is no fun in doing something that comes "easily and naturally" to him. The actor is known for critically-acclaimed and scene-stealing outings in films such Shahid, Queen, Aligarh, Trapped, Bareilly Ki Barfi and Newton.
"...I do not like something that comes easily and naturally to me. I like pushing myself as an actor. I like to play roles that challenge me and I can do something different. There has to be an extra edge to it. I enjoy that," said Rao. Playing dreaded terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh in frequent collaborator Hansal Mehta's Omerta was one such role that challenged him the most. "All the characters that I have played, I could somewhere connect with them, either I know that person or make it my own and do it. But I don't know this world at all, I don't know anybody like him. So everything had to come from within. I know there is a lot of hatred and anger inside Omar and that was challenging to do. It was a tough and disturbing process to live with that kind of hatred," he said.
Both Rao and Mehta visited some of the places frequented by Omar in London during his transformation from a LSE graduation student to this terrorist.
"I was trying to get the accent right and understand the culture and the background."
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