"I try and never say no to a young director whose approach and ideas I like. If they ask me to act in their film, I don't like to disappoint them," says actor Jackie Shroff whose short feature 'Shunyata' we had the privilege of watching
Jackie Shroff
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"I try and never say no to a young director whose approach and ideas I like. If they ask me to act in their film, I don't like to disappoint them," says actor Jackie Shroff whose short feature 'Shunyata' directed by Chintan Sarda we had the privilege of watching recently.
Though the film's plot is not highly original (an ageing hitman develops a close friendship with a young child poised between a world of innocence and the dark side), Sarda, who worked on films like 'Raaz - The Mystery Continues', and 'Don 2' as assistant director, shows great sensitivity in handling the subject, and Jackie as the weather-beaten no-gooder wrestling with inner demons has packed in an outstanding performance.
"My heart always desires education medicine food and shelter for children," said Shroff, when we spoke yesterday. "My character Madhur loses the plot because he does not want the little tea boy to go into Shunyata."
As it turns out, the iconic actor, who'd spent his childhood as a self-admitted roughneck ( albeit in the heart of Sobo's Teen Batti) has chosen to drop in at one of his favourite haunts, a restaurant at the Race Course which is witness to a poignant flag honouring ceremony as we speak. "I instinctively was drawn here. Mumbai and my country reside in the marrow of my bones," he tells us emotionally.
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