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Sandhya Mridul on shooting romantic scenes with Naseeruddin Shah: Even if there was a little discomfort during the scene, he used to just joke - Exclusive
Sandhya Mridul on shooting romantic scenes with Naseeruddin Shah.
For the first time, Sandhya will play a royal character, Jodha Bai. "The audience will see a more emotional side of Jodha Bai this time. A more human side of Jodha Bai as she shares a more intense and in-depth relationship with Salim and Akbar. Though she was very mild, gentle, and kind, she was also very fearless. Akbar took advice from her and also valued her opinion. So here, the audience will see a real Jodha in terms of relationships," she reveals.
Sandhya has always portrayed any given character with grace and conviction and never shied away from even playing a character that is not of her age. When asked about playing a mother to someone who is almost a grown-up man, pat comes a reply, "I played a mother in Nikhil Advani's film and also in 'Angry Indian Goddesses' but not to such a big boy, he is a grown-up man and not even a boy (laughs). But I was not going to lose the part just because I didn't look old enough. Frankly speaking yeh sab cheezon se mujhe koi farak nahi padta (these things don't make a difference to me). If the role is that good, I am ready to even play anyone's granny. Even in 'Tandav' I was requesting Ali Abbas Zafar to give me the older person's role (Anuradha Kishore), but then he told me that they are giving the role to Dimple Kapadia. I even told him to age me and I will do the character. So really I don't have this age barrier."
While Sandhya plays Jodha, the legendary actor Naseeruddin Shah portrays Akbar. While it is a dream for many to work with the ace actor, Sandhya too feels fortunate to have shared screen space with him. "I really have no words. Naseeruddin Shah sir, without pushing, always pushes his co-star to perform better. He is a human being who wants the individual to excel without saying anything to him/her. It is just like he is standing there and in his presence, one always wants to perform better."
Sandhya and Naseeruddin Shah play a couple, so when asked if there
