Renowned Bollywood film actor and director Saurabh Shukla shared about his struggles and journey in film industry online. An interactive session of Saurabh Shukla was held on Instagram page. It was organised by Hindi Nama on Monday.
During the session, Saurabh Shukla talked about his career. He began his career with the movie Bandit Queen. He said that a lot of hard work is needed in this industry and there is no short cut to make a name here.
He was quite frank on various things like struggle. He said struggle is everywhere and so is in this industry, but talent and hardwork takes you to hieghts. During this time, he talked about his celebrated play Barff. The play that deals with three different personalities and their one story. Set in picturesque Kashmir during winter, Barff is a thriller which spans over one night. Desperate parents of an ailing child and an unsuspecting doctor are the three lives caught in the whirlwind of conflicting questions of truth, reality and belief.
The night-long play unfolds the story as the doctor and the driver share their diverse lives on route. The driver lives in a village which is often caught in cross border fire and the residents have been relocated to safer places. The doctor is a high profile oncologist who has visited Srinagar for a medical conference.
The plot becomes thrilling when driver’s wide turns out to be a psychotic possessive mother while her husband is a doting one. Her wish is his command. As the plot thickens, the doctor finds himself bound-up in ropes.
Barff raises many questions about truth and belief. This gripping Hindi thriller by Saurabh Shukla questions truth and belief which takes the protagonist on a journey to find ‘Truth of the other side.