Rajkumar on his role in 'Bhool Chuk Maaf

All set with the release of his latest project, ‘Bhool Chuk Maaf’, alongside Wamiqa Babbi, actor Rajkumar Rao has managed to become a force to reckon with in the industry. The actor recently shared all the juicy stories about how the new film came to be, how his experience was playing the role of Ranjan Tiwari, and what his future projects will be like.

He talks about how the movie is based on a completely new concept for him, and that to portray the emotions of the main lead, “There were too many ways to express that frustration, irritation.”

Rajkumar Rao details how he ended up getting the role

During an interview with News18, the actor shared the interesting story of how the script landed on his desk and how he ended up playing the lead role of Ranjan Tiwari. The actor shared how “I heard the story from Karan, and I found it very unique.

The concept is so new for our Hindi industry. I’ve seen this concept in the West, and I’ve been a big fan of this space, this genre. The way Karan has written the whole story, keeping this time loop in it, the comedy in it, and the characters’ arc, and in the end, there’s a very beautiful social commentary also that we are making.

So, it just came together very nicely for me.”The film follows the main lead as he relives the same day again and again.

“We all have seen weddings; we all have seen these characters in our growing-up years. And on top of that, to have this time loop in it was, I think, a double whammy for me," Rao added further on why he chose the movie.

While playing a completely new role, how did Rajkumar Rao manage to bring life to Ranjan Tiwari?

While detailing his process, he added that “The plan is always how to make this one different. Because, of course, there are those many stories, those many characters that one can portray on screen throughout their career.”On how he makes every role he plays unique, he shared that he uses ‘unique traits’ that can help identify and set the character apart from his other roles. “I try and bring some element to my characters, be it a physical trait or be it some emotional core that only I know while performing that I’m carrying this throughout, which helps me in defining that character in the film,” he added.

Why did he wish to do something unique like this?

Rajkumar Rao also shared how intrigued he was by the concept. As shared before, the actor had mainly observed the concept of time loops being used in films from the Western industry, like ‘Happy Death Day’ and the popular Tom Cruise starrer ‘Edge of Tomorrow’. Seeing a concept like this be used in Indian cinema for the first time was something that he was looking forward to and wanted to be a part of.

“This one also, I’ve tried something new, also because the concept is so unique, the circumstances are so different from whatever I’ve done to date. This whole time loop thing of this guy getting stuck in one day of his haldi day and then reliving that day again and again. There were too many ways to express that frustration and irritation. Sometimes he’s just helpless or very angry. [At times] he’s just apologising to everyone.

So, I think the way Karan, as I said, designed the whole arch of this one day was beautiful for me to explore."