Sikandar also attended an acting workshop with Kishore Namit Kapoor followed by a six month workshop at National School of Drama and this he says was his core acting learning experience.
‘Before I signed Woodstock…, Mr. Gupta came and spoke to mom and dad’
Not a typical momma’s boy, however Sikandar admits he would love for his mother Kirron to listen to the script’s narration, “provided the opposite person is comfortable in front of her,” he adds. “I will take my parent’s advice for as long as I have them with me. Mr. Gupta (producer-director Sanjay of White Weather Films Ltd.) came and spoke to mom and dad before I signed Woodstock Villa. Compared to a newcomer who has no familiarity in this industry, I know I have two people always around me to give advice. Otherwise, one has to just blindly believe other people.”
Woodstock…did not fall into his lap because of his mother or his father. “I had met director Apoorva Lakhia when he came to offer his first film to Abhishek (Bachchan). Later we became friends and he then recommended me to Mr. Gupta, who called me to his office and told me the whole set up and the script. Gone are the days when you get work on the merit of your parents.”
“If you are not good at your work, then no matter whose son you are, you are not going to get work. But if you are good, then even if you are nobody’s son, you will still get work!”
‘I am not a chocolate hero’
In his debut film itself, Sikandar has opted to play a grey shaded character in a thriller film. “Grey shades are very interesting. The tone of the film is also so grey. Gone are the days where you have villains and heros.”
“And as it is I am not a chocolately, chikna, cutey hero. Unconventional is what most people have described me and my looks as, which is what I also believe. Otherwise, I would love to think that I am drop dead gorgeous” he adds jokingly.
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