KEEPING IT NATURAL

AFTER A STUPENDOUS OTT DEBUT IN THE NIGHT MANAGER, ADITYA ROY KAPUR, ON PERFECTING THE BALANCING ACT BETWEEN REEL AND REALITY

- SUHANI SINGH

Aditya Roy Kapur is feeling good. And he has good reason to. His latest release, Disney+ Hotstar series The Night Manager, has been topping the OTT viewing charts. Adulation is pouring in from all quarters including Tom Hiddleston, the night manager in the original British version, who complimented Kapur for making the role his own. Kapur last experienced a similar professional high in 2013 when he had two blockbusters–Aashiqui 2 and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. Before the release of the remaining four episodes in June, Kapur has a whodunit release in cinemas, Gumraah, and shoots for Anurag Basu’s December release Metro In Dino. For now though, he is the talk of town for his internalised performance in his OTT debut, slipping into the titular part as if it was tailor-made for him all along. What makes the show interesting for Kapur was how “tonally different” it was from his usual big screen fare where there is a tendency to heighten the emotions for more impact.

“He [Shaan] is driven to do what he does from a place of emotion.”