Smaran Sahu on playing cop: Felt the uniform's power

Mumbai, March 19 (IANS) "Masaba Masaba" actor Smaran Sahu, who plays a police officer in the new psycho-thriller "Bekaaboo 2", says he felt empowered as soon as he wore the uniform. The actor says he infused this energy to his performance."To dive into his shoes, I had to approach it with utmost ruthless honesty. Often onset, the persona of Aakash (his character)had a natural imprint on my own, so much so that the order and prestige that a cop demands was automatically transferred to me as an actor. I felt the uniform's power, and all I did was add that energy into my performance," he says.In fact, he adds that he started preparing for the character right after he read the script."My director, Aarambhh Singh and I constantly dwelled into figuring out all the subtle nuances that the character should exhibit. Right from the first table read of the script, We both figured a process to be on the same page," he says.The series also stars Subha Rajput, Taher Shabbir, Priya Banerjee, Taha Shah Badussha, Poulomi Das, Tusharr Khanna and streams on ALTBalaji.
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