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| Mukesh Rishi: An actor ‘par excellence’ visits Jammu | | Interacts with artistes, goes live on BIG FM | | Jammu | Mar 9
A gun-totting terrorist, an angry policeman, a Muslim patriot, a Jihadi from Pakistan: these epithets fit Mukesh Rishi, when it comes to reel life. Though in his runaway hit "Sarfarosh" he proved that he has more to himself than just brawn and brawl.
This actor, who is on a visit to City of temples today interacted with Jammu based artistes and Journalist. Rishi, also went live on BIG FM 92.7 and was an instant hit with the audience.
Talking to audience during the interaction which was organized by Natrang, Rishi told that acting for him was "a discovered factor". He knew that he had to do his family business of transport when he was studying, so he took little interest in academics.
But the twist of fate came when he went to Fiji where he met his wife and they together went to New Zealand.
"Here an advertising company approached me for modeling for I looked huge and handsome according to them." Rishi did modeling and fashion shows for around two years here. "It was only here that I realised what I wanted to do." By the time, he came to Mumbai in 1998, he was sure of his goal: acting.
A little bit of acting in modeling days only fired his desire of becoming "a trusted actor than a star". He took acting classes from Madhumati and Roshan Taneja's acting schools but found that "acting cannot be taught but it is the emotions that extract the actor out of you."
Stage, according to Rishi, has come of age in India and it is important that actors realize the importance of working in theatre, because it helps one to become a better and mature actor.
He asked the artistes present on the occasion to work hard and in the right direction, if they wanted to be successful in life. He further informed that new movies which are being made in Bollywood give due importance to the role of characters and this can help the emerging people.
He also appreciated the efforts being made by Natrang which is providing new opportunities to young aspirants. Rishi also assured help to the Jammu based artistes if they wanted the same.
While speaking about his personality, Rishi said "I am basically a very emotional person," he confessed, "I cannot speak my heart out very quickly, acting gave that platform to express myself. Some films just change your life." And among those he counts "Kahoor: Aik Toofan" directed by Shibu Mitra in which he is playing a 75-year-old man and a film by Boney Kapoor called "Rang" and some films in Tamil and Telugu. "I am a popular actor in South Indian films," he informed.
This "home bug" and a father of two children aging 13 and two, is clear about one thing in life, "I will never knock at a producer/director's door to tell him that I am a good actor."
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