: Pawan Malhotra: Being Punjabi an advantage in portraying a Sardar #IndiaNEWS #Cinema By Arundhuti BanerjeeMumbai, Oct 21 | In recent times, the common thread between two of his on-screen characters

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Pawan Malhotra: Being Punjabi an advantage in portraying a Sardar #IndiaNEWS #Cinema
By Arundhuti BanerjeeMumbai, Oct 21 | In recent times, the common thread between two of his on-screen characters Gursevak Singh and Omkar Singh is that both of them are Sikh. While the intense and nuanced performances of such Sikh characters in mainstream entertainment is breaking the stereotype about the community, National Award-winning veteran actor Pawan Malhotra says it is an advantage for him to bring life to such characters as he himself is a Punjabi.
Pawan told IANS: Understanding the culture, the language, the little details that are unseen yet add to build a character is very important for an actor. Of course, the script is the Bible for me that I follow, but taking it to the next level by adding certain nuances comes from adding understanding. I am a Punjabi. So naturally, there are few things that we do in a typical Punjabi household that I can easily add to a Sikh or a Punjabi character when I am playing them. When I am acting in a Telugu film for instance, even though I know how to act, I will not be able to add those elements to make the performance richer. That is why I feel, it is an advantage for me to be a Punjabi while playing a Punjabi or a Sikh character.
His performance in the web series Tabbar, also featuring Supriya Pathak, Ranvir Shorey, Gagan Arora, Paramvir Singh Cheema, is receiving a positive response.
However, this is not the first time that his portrayal of a Sikh character has been appreciated. Pawan also acted in the Punjabi film Punjab 1984, Hindi films like Jab We Met, and Mubarakan among others. Quite interestingly in every character, he maintained some distinction through his performance.
That is the whole idea that treating every Punjabi character differently through my performance. You see, no two individuals are the same. In our theatre days, we would practice such things in training as to how to play the same thing, situation, individual differently. Creativity comes from there. Having said that, in Tabbar Ajit is a very good director with a clear vision, he shared.
Coming from Delhi as a theatre artiste he started his career in Mumbai with a television show with some of his major performances in films like Black Friday, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves, Telugu films like Aithe, Anukokunda Oka Roju among many others.
Referring to two of his earlier films he said, You see I played a mafia don in Aithe and then I played Tiger Memon in Black Friday. Both the characters have an underworld connection but they are not the same. I also played more such underworld Mumbaikars in some of my Hindi films when people were stereotyping me saying Yeh underworld wala character achha kar leta hai.

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