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Personal Agenda: “My recent self-discovery has been that I’m a wannabe intellectual,” says Neil Bhoopalam
The actor shares the funniest improv he has done on stage and tells us the one habit he wants to get rid of
Describe yourself in a hashtag.
#Gyaandu, with emphasis on gyaan!
And your alter ego in a hashtag...?
#Fakeu
What’s your favourite Hindi word right now?
Bachao!
What’s the best thing you have tried during lockdown?
Getting more involved in cooking.
And the lamest thing...?
Trying to escape cleaning the house, which I can’t for too long.
Has there been a recent self-discovery, too?
That I’m a wannabe intellectual!
What’s the funniest improv you have done on stage?
Once I had to do a mime kick on stage and my shoe flew off. It looked stupid to have just one shoe on, so I tried to incorporate it in the rest of my monologue by taking the other shoe off, and walking barefoot. Wasn’t very successful!
Tell us one habit that you want to get rid of.
Procrastination.
What advice would you give your 10-year-old self?
Go with the flow.
What’s the biggest challenge an actor transitioning from theatre to movies faces?
Adapting to the grammar of performance that each platform demands.
One thing you like better about movies vis-à-vis theatre...?
Is that movies manage to capture really nuanced and very micro emotions.
And vice versa...?
Theatre allows you to be dynamic and bombastic.
What would the title of your biography be?
Just another rider on this storm!
From HT Brunch, August 2, 2020
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