THE IMPERFECT YET CHARISMATIC NIKHIL by BOBBY CHAKRABORTY

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ABOUT "NIKHIL" IN RAJPOTH

IT HAS BEEN NEARLY A YEAR THAT <script data-ad-client="ca-pub-7793499699554504" async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>RAJPOTH" IS ON AIR ON ZEE BANGLA,BUT I HAVEN'T REALLY SPOKEN ABOUT "NIKHIL" MY CHARACTER,MY VIEWS ON HIM ETC....TILL DATE..WELL HERE I AM READY TO DO SO...... "KHELA" ENDED ON A SATURDAY IN 2008,WITH THE ROMANTIC,DASHING "DR.SHURJO SEN" BIDDING A FAREWELL AND "RAJPOTH" STARTED ITS JOURNEY ON THE VERY NEXT MONDAY WITH ME AS THE INSECURED, INTROVERT, SLY, PASSIONATE, CARING, CROOKED,VIOLENT,EMOTIONAL,DRAMATIC "NIKHIL"!! "NIKHIL"...WITH A FRENCH CUT, SPORTING A VERY VERY DIFFERENT HAIR DO,VERY DIFFERENT BODY LANGUAGE,TOTALLY...DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE TO "SHURJO", WAS ABSOLUTELY SHUNNED AND PANNED BY MAJORITY FROM DAY ONE..BE IT LOOKWISE OR CONTENT AND ACTING STYLEWISE...THOUGH I MUST SAY THERE WERE THOSE WHO HAD LIKED MY NEW LOOK AND DIFFERENT AVATAR,BUT THEY WERE VERY FEW IN NUMBER!! I SULKED,EXPRESSED MY DEPRESSION TO MY PRODUCER MR.INDRANIL SEN.........HE JUST SAID"BOBBYY JUST GIVE THE CHARACTER A BIT OF TIME TO GROW..I CAN ASSURE YOU WILL WIN HEARTS.." !! HE WAS RIGHT!! I UNDERSTOOD ANOTHER THING THAT WE BENGALIS AND INDIANS IN GENERAL,DO NOT WELCOME TOO MUCH OF A REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE IN OUR LIVES..EVEN IN AN ACTOR IN OUR DRAWING ROOMS,WHO HAS CAUGHT OUR IMAGINATION, FOR THAT MATTER ...WE ALL WANT HIM TO GO ON DOING THE SAME THINGS FOR EVER...BUT I BEG TO DEFY...FOR ME "CHANGE" IS A MUST IN LIFE.."CHANGE" IS THE NATURAL WAY OF EVOLUTION..THE MORE WE WELCOME A POSITIVE CHANGE IN OUR LIVES, THE MORE WE WILL EVOLVE AS HUMANBEINGS...HENCE, OFF I WENT ALONG WITH "NIKHIL" WITH INDRANILDA BY MY SIDE ALWAYS AND THEN JOY DA(sadly he is no more a part of RAJPOTH)TO ENCOURAGE ME, TO ENJOY, PLAYING A VERY VERY INTERESTING CHARACTER CALLED "NIKHIL"!!THANX TO THEM. A VERY COMMON ALLEGATION IS THROWN TOWARDS ME FROM PEOPLE(who i am sure are NOT the regular veiwers of RAJPOTH unlike Trisha,Ipsitadi,Debjani,Somdutta,Debanjana,Sucheta,Orko,Anuradha,Chayan and many of my other friends in Orkut who inspite of their own hectic schedule,religiously watch my work and give healthy suggestions..without a miss..thanx to all of them)THAT NIKHIL IS TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL AND LOUD!! WELL I HAVE GRACEFULLY HEARD THEIR POINT AND RESPECT THEIR VIEWS BUT SADLY IF THEY WOULD HAVE SEEN NIKHIL REGULARLY, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SO CARELESS IN THEIR COMMENTS. THAT'S BECAUSE NIKHIL'S A VERY VERY INTROVERT PERSON,FILLED WITH INNER THOUGHTS,INNER MENTAL WAR,VENGEANCE FOR HIS FATHER'S DEATH,SISTER'S MISMARRIAGE,UNHAPPY MARITAL LIFE ETC...SUCH A PERSON MAY BECOME OVERTLY EMOTIONAL OR VIOLENT ONLY WHEN THE STRINGS OF ENDURANCE SNAPS...THAT'S HOW I SEE HIM... "KHUB THHANDA CHHELE...KINTU REGE GELE CHONDAAL...KHUB TARATARI CHOKHE JOL ASHE..KHUB TARATARI DUKKHO PAY ABAR ANONDER JOWARE BHESHE JETEO SHOMOY LAGENA!!KHUB UNPREDICTABLE!!" I AM SURE SUCH PEOPLE ARE VERY VERY VERY COMMON IN OUR DAILY LIVES TOO AND SO NIKHIL, BECOMING LOUD AND OUT OF CONTROL'S ABSOLUTELY JUSTIFIED WITHIN A CERTAIN PARAMETER....AND MIND YOU THERE ARE UNCOUNTABLE PEOPLE AT ORKUT,IN PUBLIC PLACES,PARTIES,SHOWS ETC WHO HAVE COME UP TO ME AND SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT THEY ARE SWEPT AWAY WITH NIKHIL'S EMOTION..THAT'S MORE VALUABLE FOR ME THAN ANY AWARD OR ANY REVIEW!! ONE MUST UNDERSTAND..THIS IS NO CHILD'S PLAY AND WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH ,IS A HIGH TRP GROSSING PROGRAMME ON THE PRIMETIME SLOT OF 9PM,OF A LEADING REGIONAL CHANNEL ..ZEEBANGLA,FROM A LEADING PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR.. WHERE BIG BIG BIG MONEY IS INVOLVED..SO I AM SURE WHATEVER THEY ARE DOING AND MAKING ME DO, IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE ENTERTAINMENT AND POSITIVE FEEDBACK OF PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD AND NOT REALLY GETTING DEFOCUSSED BY SOME CARELESS COMMENTS HERE AND THERE!! ANOTHER ALLEGATION'S THAT, I DO NOT LOOK AS HANDSOME AS I USED TO, IN "KHELA"...A LITTLE BOY WAS THE LAST INCLUSION IN THAT LIST IN THE KOLKATA FASHION WEEK,WHEN HE SAID THE SAME TO ME...BUT HE ADDED THAT HE CRIES WHEN NIKHIL CRIES!!HE GETS ANGRY WHEN NIKHIL GETS ANGRY!!...HMMMMMMM.. A BIT ASPIRING FOR A 12YEAR OLD I THOUGHT..BUT YES MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE LITTLE BOY'S COMMENT WAS ...NIKHIL HAS CONNECTED!! AS PER THE LOOKS ARE CONCERNED, THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH AND NOT JUST AN AMATUER PLAY..WHAT I MEAN TO SAY IS, BEFORE THE PROJECT OF THIS SCALE HAD STARTED, WE ALL HAD A CAST MEETING,A LOOK AND MAKE-UP TEST ETC...I KNEW FROM THE FIRST THAT NIKHIL WOULD NOT LOOK LIKE A PRINCE OR LIKE "SHURJO"..EVEN INDRANILDA KNEW IT I AM SURE...BUT THE CHALLENGE WAS ..IT'S MY PERFORMANCE THAT WILL MATTER...... LOOKS ARE SECONDARY... MORE SO BECAUSE EVERYONE IS NOT GOODLOOKING IN REAL LIFE BUT THAT DOESN'T STOP HIM OR HER FROM BEING INTERESTING AND ENTERPRISING!! I CHOSE TO REPRESENT NIKHIL FROM AMONG THEM!! AT THE SAME TIME THERE ARE UNCOUNTABLE WHO HAVE LIKED MY EXPERIMENTATION WITH MY LOOK AND APPRECIATED IT!! HENCE NIKHIL WILL LOOK THE WAY HE LOOKS UNTIL HE HAS A "BAD SHAVE" DAY OR I GROW TIRED AND FED UP PLAYING NIKHIL!! "RAJPOTH" ITSELF HAS DARED TO BE DIFFERENT WITHIN ITS VARIOUS LIMITATIONS, NOT TO BE ANOTHER AVERAGE DAILY SOAP!!HERE ALMOST EVERY CHARACTER IS GREY,POWER HUNGRY,OPPORTUNIST..(as in real life)..SUCH A THRILLING STORYLINE FILLED WITH CRIME,EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR,VIOLENCE ETC. WAS A BIG BET AND CHALLENGE TOWARDS THE SENSIBILITIES OF THE PEOPLE WHO DO SEE BENGALI DAILY SOAPS, WITHOUT REALLY DISRESPECTING BENGALI SOAPS,LIKE MANY LEARNED,RESPECTABLE PEOPLE!!SOMEWHERE "RAJPOTH" HAS CONNECTED AND STRUCK A CHORD!! WAY TO GO...... A VERY INTERESTING INCIDENT JUST HAPPENED SOME DAYS BACK....I WAS OUT FOR SOME MARKETTING IN A MALL..WHEN I WAS CONFRONTED BY GROUP FROM BANGLADESH,HERE FOR MEDICAL REASONS. THE WOMEN IN THE GROUP WERE VERY EXCITED TO SEE ME AND THEY SAID(i am trying to quote their volley of questions).."BESH BHALOI TO CHHILEN, KI DORKAR CHHILO BOLUN TO EI TAKAPOYSHA NIYE?..BOU BHUL KORECHHE..O TO KHOMA CHEYECHHILO..OKEY MAAF NA KORE APNIO JORIYE PORLEN SECRETARYR SHATHE?ETA KI THIK HOLO?ABAR TAKEY KHUN-O KORLEN? SHUKHE THAKTE BHOOTE KILOY??EKBAR BON-TARE DYAKHTE ZAITE PARLA NA,KEMON DADA TUMI??"..I WAS ALMOST CORNERED BY THEM AND MIND YOU THEY WERE NOT JOKING WITH ME..THEY WERE DEAD SERIOUS ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE ASKING...AS IF THEY LIVED WITH NIKHIL...I COULD MAKE OUT FROM THEIR FACES..I THOUGHT FOR A WHILE...SMILED ON THE INSIDE...EXCUSED MYSELF ON BEHALF OF NIKHIL....AND RETURNED HOME A HAPPY MAN!! I REMEMBERED SOMEONE ONCE TOLD ME.."PEOPLE MAY HATE YOUR CHARACTER THAT YOU ARE PLAYING, BUT MAKE SURE THEY DON'T HATE YOUR PERFORMANCE"!!

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