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Kaushik thrilled with role in 'Brick Lane'
By Subhash K. Jha,
Mumbai, Nov 24 Comic actor and "Tere Naam" director Satish
Kaushik has just returned from the most satisfying experience of
his life -- he got to play the role of Chanu, the bigoted
Bangladeshi husband, in the screen adaptation of Monica Ali's
"Brick Lane".
The film has been directed by Sarah Gavron, who won the BAFTA
award last year for a television film.
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Says Kaushik, "When they offered me
this role I was really surprised. I was in Delhi when the
well-known casting director Loveleen Tandon contacted me. I was
sceptical. But when I was told it's the lead in the Booker-prize
winning novel by Monica Ali I agreed to go. I ran across and
bought a copy of the novel.
"I scanned the book to see how many times my character Chanu's
name occurs. To my relief Chanu was there throughout the film.
He's the main male protagonist."
Kaushik's screen test was sent to London. "The producer Alison
Owen (who has done films with Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins) was
keen that I play the role."
Tanishtha Chatterjee plays Kaushik's Bangladeshi wife.
"It was an invigorating experience. The discipline that I
experienced during the shooting of 'Brick Lane' for
two-and-a-half months reminded me of my days in theatre. Who
does rehearsals in Bollywood? I was walking around Regent Park
where I stayed, memorising my lines. I had never done English
theatre in life. And yet they offered me this role."
He says it's a very challenging role and for once not funny.
"It isn't a funny role at all. The tragic flaw in my character
is that he's a big failure. But he puts up a façade of being
above his surroundings, that he's far better than both the
Bangladeshis and the Britishers in England."
Kaushik is raring to direct another film. "I'm planning a film
with new faces. I'm screen-testing absolutely new faces."
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