Jaideep Ahlawat will get candid about taking part in an antagonist in The Household Man 3
Nagaland was a silent witness to Jaideep Ahlawat when he reworked into the lawman Hathiram Chaudhary for the second season of the acclaimed Paatal Lok. For The Household Man 3, the actor returned to the state, solely this time his character was firmly on the opposite aspect of the legislation. “On day one, I bear in mind pondering that my character is nothing like Hathiram Chaudhary. How do you course of that? Then I realised that you just don’t; you simply take pleasure in either side,” begins Ahlawat, who performs Rukma, the antagonist to Manoj Bajpayee’s Srikant Tiwari within the spy thriller.
The state and its politics have been a giant a part of Paatal Lok in addition to the Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK creation. What’s totally different, Ahlawat displays, is his character’s perspective. “There’s a spot the place I used to be standing as Hathiram as soon as, after which later as Rukma. It’s the identical place, two totally different males, however no person can see [the similarity] as a result of the artwork path has modified a lot. It’s an fascinating feeling of being in the identical place, however dwelling a totally totally different life,” he says philosophically, earlier than joking, “I’ve been taking pictures a lot in Kohima that the Nagaland authorities ought to give me a home there!”
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Home or not, Ahlawat is actually being rewarded. The actor’s portrayal of a drug smuggler and hitman within the Prime Video sequence is being extensively praised. He shares, “I lastly acquired the possibility to let unfastened with out worrying about conscience or penalties. It felt liberating in a twisted option to play somebody like Rukma.”
The cherry on high was his reunion with Bajpayee, over a decade after they shared display house in Chittagong (2012) and Gangs of Wasseypur (2012). Inform him that their on-screen face-off was essentially the most anticipated factor of the brand new season, and he says it’s one thing he appeared ahead to as nicely. “Working with Manoj is like going again in time. There’s a self-discipline that he brings. Doing an motion scene collectively in spite of everything these years was a thrill. There’s the greed to work with him, and this present is a dream come true!”
Ask Jaideep Ahlawat his most memorable sequence from the sequence, and he factors to the frilly motion set-piece within the first episode — a gripping chase sequence between Manoj Bajpayee and him. “Manoj was driving the automotive, and I used to be driving the motorbike [chasing him]. The digicam didn’t must cheat; it travelled from him all the way in which to me. There have been no stuntmen concerned. That’s my most memorable scene on this season,” he smiles.
