MUMBAI: Actor Pratik Gandhi has talked about the interesting parallels between his two roles from the series “Gandhi” and “Saare Jahan Se Accha”. He noted that while their ideologies appear opposite, both characters strive for a safe and peaceful country.
Talking about how his characters of Mahatma Gandhi from the upcoming series “Gandhi” and Vishnu in “Saare Jahan Se Accha” represent a complete dichotomy of ideologies, Pratik told IANS: “Both the ideologies are opposite to each other but at the same time both the ideologies are trying to keep the country safe, avoid wars.”
“So that way I know I can draw parallels to these two characters.”
The acclaimed star highlighted the contrast between playing a historical figure like Gandhi, whose inner thoughts are open to interpretation, and a completely fictional character like Vishnu, which allows for full creative freedom.
“His name was Mohan and his name is Vishnu…. Both are Vishnu’s names. So, that way if I see there are a lot of parallels. But Gandhi is a biopic and Vishnu is completely a fictional character. So that way I find that fun is that maybe ideology is different but it is a little same somewhere.”
“But there are so many things that are different in their lives. We all know almost everything about Gandhi’s life apart from his early days, like Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's life. But it is still open for interpretation what was happening in his mind when he was taking those decisions. What was he thinking? Nobody knows that.”
“Everyone around him has written books, they've written this and that. But what was going on in his mind, nobody knows. So, that's what I explore when I create that character.”