Theater is not a better actor stamp, says Saurabh Shukla

New Delhi, May 18: National Film Award winner actor Sourabh Shukla has done a number of performances on stage, but has made it clear that the theater actors are good actors. In 2012, "Jolly LLB" actor came to stage after 18 years with the comedy drama drama "2 to Tango, 3 to Jive". His other game, "Bafff", entertained the audience in different parts of the country. Asked whether the actors never made drama with the theater theme, Saurabh told INNS through the phone from Mumbai: "This is a very sensitive question, the answer should be understood properly. If you complete the theater ... you're a good actor.

"Even without theatre, you can be a good actor. Acting is all about your world view and how you express it." He feels like everything in life, people need to practice their craft and theatre provides more opportunities for this. "When you go to a film's shoot, your responsibility is to deliver on Day One because people start shooting from that day itself. You can't try and figure out what's going on and how to make it better on the set. Whereas theatre... what it does is... before D-day, which is the show day, you practice for months. That gives you ample time to figure out. "People who have done theatre, they get to practice a lot in their craft. So when they come to movies, it is slightly easier for them to apply whereas if you have not done theatre and you are absolutely fresh, then on a film's set you will try and figure out," he said.

The 54-year-old's voyage in acting began in the 1980s with stage shows. How much has the industry changed over the years? "It's the same. In Gujarat and some parts of Maharashtra like Mumbai, theatre has always been a commercial activity. So people earn their livelihood through theatre. But in the rest of the country, including Delhi, Kolkata, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, it's not a big economic activity. "It's run on passion. The bottom line of theatre is if you love it enough, then you do it and you do it right when you love it. That has not changed over a period of time."

As of now, he is riding high on the success of "2 To Tango, 3 To Jive", which will celebrate its 100th show on Saturday in Mumbai. "The moment is very special because it is a very special play for me. With this play, I came back to theatre after 18 years. It's really heart-warming to see that it has reached the 100th show," he said. "We opened it in Delhi, where I started my career, and for the 100th show, we will perform in Mumbai which is my work place... My 'Karmabhoomi'," said the Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College alumnus. The play is a humorous take on a man hit by midlife crisis and how he tries to make himself feel young.

If it's a fictional story, what is his real life story? "I entered a field where friendship and human relationships work. Whenever I am not performing or working on a project, I take workshops at times, I meet a lot of young people. So you're alive and young in meeting youth and young minds, "says actor," Barfi "and" Satya ".