Shahid Kapoor’s ‘Haider may not have done well at all with its box office collections, but it did create a wave of its own with his discerning and sensitive acting. Here, he picks out his favorite scene.
?The scene where I am bald and delivering that straight monologue was one of my favourites. We did the whole speech in one go?we did it in three magnifications.?
There is a certain madness when Haider starts ranting, so we didn?t want to take a break. We actually finished the scene in four hours, but Vishal sir and I had been discussing it for over a week, while we were there, because a six page monologue can get very boring. We were very concerned about making sure that it holds the attention of the audience. Vishal sir has worked with every possible actor in the country, so I was shitting in my pants, thinking if I mess it up, a lot of actors are going to come and whack me for wasting such an amazing opportunity. I still remember the night before we were supposed to shoot, we had dinner together and spent about 45 minutes discussing the scene and before Vishal sir left, he said, ‘You know na, that you are Pankaj Kapur?s son. Goodnight.’?
He left me with that thought! (laughs). And then we had fun, because I had learnt the six page monologue, I can rant it anytime now. But we just had fun for four hours, like that noose around the neck, and that whole thing of hitting the head, those were just random things.?
