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Budding actor Ishaan Khatter says the best advice that he has received from his elder half-brother and Bollywood star Shahid Kapoor is to find the honest moment and stay true to one’s performance in front of the camera. The actor follows what his brother and his mother Neelima Azeem have to say to him. He will be seen next in Ananya Panday starrer Khaali Peeli.
Ishaan Khatter was present at an interactive session at India Film Project, a two-day content creation festival that started on Saturday.
“My brother (Shahid Kapoor) once told me that the moment between action and cut is yours, everything else is secondary. He said to find that honest moment and, while everything else could help, finding your honest moment will let you live it in front of the camera,” said Ishaan.
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Ishaan Khatter added: “What I think he (Shahid Kapoor) meant was sometimes you have these pre-conceived ideas to perform in a certain manner and this will be effective and look good, but sometimes when you’re working with other actors, in a certain environment things, don’t play out the way you have imagined it in your head.”
“Every consequence is not in your control. So, it’s really a cool thing to be that much in self-control but has that much potent and surrender to go with the moment, and go with the flow and most often that is the most beautiful thing to happen,” shared the actor.
Ishaan Khatter made his debut in Iranian maestro Majid Majidi’s 2017 film, “Beyond the Clouds, and his first Bollywood release was the Karan Johar-produced “Dhadak“ last year. The young actor has impressed the audience with his acting and dancing skills.
Born into a film family where he has always been close to his mother, actress-dancer Neelima Azeem, Ishaan said that though he has worked with an icon like Majidi and a top Bollywood producer like Karan Johar, his major learning and passion towards acting has come from his mother.