'Paresh Rawal is such a talented actor, 99 percent of the industry would want to work with him,' says Kussh S Sinha about directing the actor in his first film
Kussh S Sinha is set to make his directorial debut with 'Nikita Roy' set to release on June 27. The film stars his sister
Sonakshi Sinha
in the titular role. It also stars
Paresh Rawal
and Arjun Rampal. In a recent chat with ETimes, when asked how it was for him to have such talented actors just on his first film, Kussh said, "A lot of it had to do with luck and strength of the story.
With Sonakshi, there were multiple times when we wanted to collaborate, but it didn't work out. But with this story, she saw the value of this character Nikita Roy. It was a smart, strong, independent character."
He also revealed why in his mind, there were very few actors who could play Nikita. Apart from Sonakshi being his sister, Kussh considers her as a great actor. "She has always been very good. 'Lootera' which was her 2nd or 3rd film but she was so good, of course, Vikramaditya Motwane had a lot to do with it.
But she does have something special. Which is also why I wanted to work with her in Nikita Roy. An actor who is willing to put in those emotions, willing to look gritty.
In my mind, there were very few actors who could do it."
Talking about Paresh Rawal amidst all the buzz around the actor with regards to 'Hera Pheri 3', Kussh said, "With Paresh ji again, I feel extremely fortunate that we just had to have two meetings with him and he was on board.
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That gave me confidence when he came on board. He's spoilt for choice. Because Paresh ji is such a capable actor, any director would want to work with him. 99 percent of the industry would want to work with Paresh Rawal ji.
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Ask him if it's easy for a director when there are such actors or is it more challenging, Kussh said, "With regards to getting the performance, it definitely makes it easier. It's challenging but it's a good challenge. You have to make sure you are communicating with them the way you need to. You have to evolve and up your game in order to communicate with actors of such caliber."
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