After making Bollywood’s big debut with ‘Bareilly Ki Barfi!’, Swati Semwal has been everywhere adding fur to a hat while trying her hand in acting and filmmaking.
In a freewheeling interview with Etime, an open actress about being a fan of Shah Rukh Khan, idols Irrfan Khan and worked with several amazing shared stars like Rajkummar Rao and Zeeshan Ayyub.
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Comes from a non-film background, what will you take to this profession? I am a human emotion and psychological enthusiasm.
I like digging deep into the human brain and that’s my reason for falling in love with acting.
I got creeps to see Shah Rukh Khan on the screen every time as a child.
I wondered how he could just tell me with his eyes.
Act, write, direct – the closest to your heart and why? Acting is my call and closest to my heart because it gives me the opportunity to live a variety of life in one.
My friends called me Chameleon to tease me.
A little they know that I consider it a compliment!
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You have chosen a fairly conventional topic for your short film.
How do you find it and what motivates you to share it with the world? I have many things to be placed as an artist so I created my own story to understand the acting and the whole process of making films and films a little deeper.
For me, it’s all to be better in my craft and understand it by all means.
Are there actors or directors that you see in the industry? I have a deep relationship with Irrfran Khan.
It really affected me when he died.
I always look at him as an artist.
From the actors you have done so far, which has become an absolute pleasure to work with? I was quite lucky to debut with Rajkummar Rao and I have worked with him twice since then.
I like his dedication and energy as an actor.
At this time, I finished the series with Zeeshan Ayyub and I thought he was the funniest man I knew and was also very talented.
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There are many examples in the past when a film or series is boycotted for various reasons.
While the audience segment becomes more accept, the others become very intolerant.
Your thoughts …
I think the change suddenly in the womb of India and people get used to many things and stories that they unusual to see before.
I feel we have to give our audience a little more time to understand that art can be of all kinds without anyone offended.
I have faith that like industry, the audience will also develop.
There has been an increase in women-centric content, especially in OTT.
What did you feel about this as an actor and as a filmmaker? I feel there is a better role written for women today compared to the past.
Previously the female character was a bit of a fantasy room and is now realistic so as an actor I am looking for various characters of all types.
I developed when there was scope to appear.
I was lucky to play characters like Rama (Bareilly Ki Barfi!) And Radha (‘Bakkad Akkad’) because they were very different from each other.