Monday, July 28, 2014

Method acting

Piggy : What's the role? It better be something meaty like Janjeer where I had 2 songs
Director : This is a biopic, based on Mari Kom.
P : Eh?
D : She's a boxer
P : So? What's the role?
D : You play her. You play a boxer.
P : God! Let me make this easy. Was this Mari girl rich or poor?
D : Poor.
P : Then say that na? So I play the Agneepath character. Poor chokri with colourful clothes. I can put on my poor girl accent which is easy - just got to say 'Ai' before each sentence.
D : She's from the North east.
P : Dombiville?
D : North east India. Manipur.
P : So? She was poor no?
D : Yes.
P : So I play Agneepath girl.
D : She won the World Boxing championships for India
P : She became rich after that?
D : I mean she's alright now. I'm not sure. She's probably not poor now.
P : I've lost you. Tell me clearly if you want me to play poor girl or rich girl? Rich girl will be Dostana girl - fashionable types. Either that or Dharavi girl where I say 'Ai' and maybe some Marathi words like 'ki haal putthar'
D : You've got to do some boxing on screen
P : Ok. Boxing. North east. How many songs do I have?
D : None. Maybe some inspiring songs.
P : There is a third option just for you, special - I can play a singer and sing my own songs with autotune. Maybe make the central character a singer instead of a boxer.
D : This is a biopic about a world champion
P : Who is a poor little girl from Manipal
D : Manipur
P : 'Coach - main boxing karthi? ayyo, achi achi boxing karthi'. How's that for Manipuri accent?
D : Er...not bad
P : Done then. I'm going to stay in character now. Mari Kaum meri naam, boxing meri kaam.