Actor Anud Singh Dhaka – who gained recognition ever since he stepped into the entertainment world with the 2020 Netflix anthology series Taj Mahal: 1989, was recently seen playing the lead in Ajay Bhuyan’s romantic psychological thriller series Psycho Saiyaan. Also starring Tejasswi Prakash and Ravi Kishan in lead roles, the show released on Amazon MX Player on Friday, February 27.
Because the audience continues to view the series and take to social media to share their views of it and his acting in it, Bollywood Bubble exclusively spoke to the actor in regards to the show – specifically his reference to animals. Within the show, Anud’s character, Kartik, is somewhat of an animal whisperer who shares bonds with quite a lot of animals, especially a dog and rats. During our conversation, we quizzed Dhaka about his bond with animals in real life and whether he considers himself an animal whisperer IRL too.
In the course of the same conversation, we also quizzed him about filming a CGI-heavy scene involving rats within the show. Read on to know his answers.
Anud Singh Dhaka On Being An Animal Whisperer In Real Life
When asked if he’s an animal whisperer in real life – identical to his character Kartik is in Psycho Saiyaan, Anud Singh Dhaka clearly said no. He shared, “I’m no animal whisperer but I’ve noticed that generally animals come very comfortably to me. Even with cats, there are such a lot of cats in Bombay (Mumbai). They walk as much as me. The cows, the dogs, I pet them. I pet the cows.”
The actor continued, “I’m no whisperer, but I believe the town only has made me some form of an animal lover. I used to be very afraid of dogs at one point of time in my life. Street dogs, I used to have a look at them as a threat. But now I consider that they sense. I believe they sense your intention towards them. They sense fear. They sense love. So now probably I actually have more love towards them. So that they sense that after which they arrive to me after which I all the time get to pet them. Be it cats, cows and even dogs.”
Anud On Filming A Scene Surrounded By Rats In Psycho Saiyaan
When asked what went through his mind while shooting the rat scene in Psycho Saiyaan, Anud Singh Dhaka revealed it was completely CGI with no rodent in sight. He shared, “No that is totally CGI but obviously such scenes need you to visualise quite a bit so whenever you’re on set obviously there aren’t any rats but you may have to assume them after which you may have to treat them as a personality within the scene. So it was a superb exercise, it was a superb acting test and I believe it happened beautifully.”
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