MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Saqib Saleem has spoken about playing SSP Samardeep in the show ‘Kaptaan’ and said that what stood out for him was that his character does not try to be hero.
Opening up about what drew him to the role, Saqib said in a statement, “Honestly, the first thing that stood out to me was that Samardeep does not try to be a hero. He isn’t chasing validation. He walks into a room, and the energy shifts.”
“That kind of presence is rare to find on paper. Also, he speaks very little, which works great for me. In real life, too, I’d pick fewer lines and more attitude any day.”
He added: “But on a serious note, what really stayed with me is that everything he does comes from a deeply personal place. He is not fixing the system out of the goodness of his heart. He is doing it because something within him is fractured.”
Saqib said that the emotional undercurrent made the character far more compelling to explore as an actor.
Headlined by Saqib Saleem and Siddharth Nigam, Kaptaan also features Anjumm Shharma, Kavita Kaushik, Poojaa Gor, and Anushka Kaushik, among others.