Director Sushil Rajpal’s Antardwand complete 15 years today. Starring Raj Singh Chaudhary, Swati Sen, Akhilendra Mishra and Vinay Pathak, the film was a social drama about an abduction of a man to get him married forcefully. On the film’s 15th anniversary, Chaudhary looked back at it in an interview with us.
15 years of Antardwand: Raj Singh Chaudhary, who played a victim of forceful marriage, says, “Very few films like this were being made at that time”
How do you recall Antardwand?
Antardwand is a very special film for me and I’m proud I got to do this film because it was a film that had a lot of depth and meaning in an industry where very few films like this were being made at that time. It showcased a side to society with brutal honesty.
How did you bag the part of a man who is abducted and forced to marry?
I was recommended by Imtiaz Ali to the director. That was a sort of validation that really encourages a young actor. The National Award was the icing on the cake. And I remember you had really liked the film and praised it. And the irony was I was going through tremendous turmoil in my own life when I was shooting this film and it somewhat reflected my ‘Antardwand’ (turmoil) too. Now that I have directed my own films and I look back at Antardwand with that lens, I see a film that was crafted so beautifully and with so much authenticity.
Were you aware of this malpractice, groom snatching, when you did Antardwand?
For a guy, who was proud being well read and knowledgeable about my country well and spent a lot of time in rural India also, I was surprised because I had no clue that this happened at all. When I met the director’s friend on whom the film was loosely based, I was taken aback at how prevalent and normal this was.
When you turned directed, how deeply affected were you by the urge to tell stories of socio-political aberrations?
As an actor, I always looked for these stories of socio-political aberrations like Gulaal, which I co-wrote also. Then when I became a director that has always been my intention. I want to tell these stories and I see many untold ones. (I wish to) spread awareness through my films without making it preachy or boring, while getting the message across. And it makes me happy when I see and meet people who were touched by my directorial Shaadisthan.
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