Pooja Gor on Adrishyam 2: The stakes are increased than final time
When the primary season of Adrishyam premièpink in 2024, Pooja Gor devoured the espionage sequence in a matter of days. Little did the actor know that sooner or later, she could be part of the present. At the moment, she leads Adrishyam: The Invisible Heroes 2 alongside Eijaz Khan. Its addition to her filmography feels pure to Gor, who’s a fan of spy thrillers. “As an viewers, I gravitate in direction of [thrillers] like Thoughts Hunter or exhibits primarily based on spies. There may be an fascinating documentary [The Spy, 2019] on the workings of a spy. Nevertheless, the USP [unique selling proposition] of Adrishyam is that it focuses on the private and emotional lives of those officers. It not solely highlights the case, but in addition throws mild on the emotional toll an officer goes by means of on circumstances like these, and the way they steadiness their private {and professional} duties,” she shares.
For eons, tv has been house floor for the actor, who grew to become a family title after Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya (2009-2012). However previously few years, she unfold her wings and experimented with digital leisure, that includes in Weapons and Gulaabs (2023) and IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack (2024). When Adrishyam got here her manner, it was an on the spot sure. “We shot for the present someday in July final 12 months,” she says.
Pooja Gor as Durga
Gor performs Durga, a brand new officer to affix the undercover squad, within the SonyLIV sequence that revolves round a covert crew of elite operatives working within the shadows to neutralise threats earlier than they strike. The crew is led by Khan’s character Ravi Verma. Earlier than the sequence went on flooring in August 2024, the actor says she needed to mentally and bodily put together for her character. “The bodily facet concerned fight and motion coaching. Durga operates within the shadows. So, I needed to change my physique language; she needed to be extra understated, delicate and fewer seen,” she decodes, stating that the function required a shift in her psychological make-up too. “It was extra vital to mirror the psychological fortitude of Durga and to grasp the emotional toll a case takes on the investigating officers. In season two, the [level of] thrill, hazard and risk is heightened. The stakes are increased than final time,” she guarantees.
Whereas Gor is but to look at the sequence that dropped on-line on April 4, she is assured that viewers will get pleasure from seeing her as a gun-wielding spy. “It’s a fast watch. I need to get pleasure from seeing myself do issues I’ve by no means accomplished earlier than,” she smiles.
It’s a philosophy that she is extending to her private life as nicely. When she just isn’t going through the digital camera, you’ll discover the actor making an attempt her hand at portray. She picked up the artwork as a type of meditation and is now planning to promote her works. “I picked up portray through the pandemic and am completely having fun with it. I don’t know if there might be consumers for my work, however now I’ll assume in that course,” says the actor, who has virtually wrapped up the shoot of her subsequent.
