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Sikandar Kher: Getting Set To Go
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He's chilled out, affable yet clearly serious. Tall, strapping but not exactly a millennium hunk, the wholesome-looking Sikandar Kher is all set for his debut with his first-signed film Woodstock Villa, which will be quickly followed by Summer Of 2007, which till recently was slated to be his first release.
''Please get my spelling right,'' he requests you, peering over my note-book. 'There is 'a' after the 'd' and not 'e'.''
Within recent memory we do not recollect anyone, let alone a star-kid, having his first two releases back-to-back. Smiles Sikandar, ''Well, I was cool with either film coming first, as both have completely different characters. Yes, Woodstock Villa was delayed, but it is getting there first now.''
Woodstock Villa has him play a character that wants to stash up money really quick and loves women and so gets stuck in a problem because of these proclivities. "It's not at all anywhere near what I am," says Sikandar. "My character in Summer Of 2007 is more identifiable. I am a medical student who has a very shallow take on life till he goes to a village and sees what its denizens are going through."
Sikandar comes from the school of stars like Anil Kapoor, Ajay Devgan, Hrithik Roshan and Ranbir Kapoor who assist filmmakers before they turn actors. "I assisted on only two films, Yash (Chopra) Uncle's Dil To Pagal Hai and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas. I wanted to understand an actor's relationship with the director, the cinematographer and the technical aspects. Even more than that, this film starred Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Karisma Kapoor, so I got to watch the cream of our talent with the cream of our directors. That itself made me learn and gain so much."
Sikandar feels that it is a combination of genes and environment that made him want to be an actor at four years of age. "It's like this," he smiles. "Everything we did was about films - our friends, the lunches and parties, the discussions there or at home. If such a quantum of exposure is there, you can either end up loving cinema, or hating it! I happened to love it - so here I am!"
Being a star-son twice over just gave him one advantage - that directors would give him time immediately if he called them up for an appointment. "But no one's going to put 10 to 30 crores on you just because your parents are stars," reasons Sikandar.
How do his parents rate him? "They are encouraging but honest and neutral too, so I can get a pat on my back or get criticized," he says. And how does he rate himself? "I am not able to assess my own work," he replies candidly. But surely having two diverse roles in his first two films must help him evaluate himself rather than an actor with a single debut film? He repeats, "I really do not understand how to judge or compare my own performances."
And is he ever audacious enough to comment on his parents' works? "I make only complimentary remarks!" he laughs. He admits that his mother Kirron, in her few roles, has always been good or better, but there are a few of Anupam's performances that he did not care for much. "But dad has been extraordinary in every kind of role, including the OTT (over-the-top) kind. And I am amazed at how he has done some 360 films in 25 years! I loved mom in Khamosh Pani, Rang De Basanti and Devdas and dad in every Yash Raj film, Saaransh, Daddy, Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin, Shola Aur Shabnam and Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Maara."
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