Chanchal Chowdhury on his fame, acting, and projects
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- 20 Sep 2022
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He is a maestro of an actor, giving hit after hit. Monpura, Aynabaji, Debi, Taqdeer, and more recently, Hawa and Karagar, are some of the exemplary works where Chanchal Chowdhury's roles have been highly praised, taking us all by storm.
"Doesn't stardom or pride go to your head? How do you remain so down-to-earth?" I awkwardly asked him. The question was perhaps too direct to throw at the celebrated actor in the middle of the night, over the phone for a brief interview while he was wrapping up his work for the day, and attending a meeting.
But I had to ask, given his height of success and fame!
Chanchal Chowdhury replied, "Hawa got released this year on 29 July. I was with Hawa till 30 July."
After that, when the movie was creating hype all around, its craze sweeping over the country, the actor was away — "working on other projects, say, for example, at a dingy room sweating and struggling and acting."
Chanchal Chowdhury is someone who doesn't like to lengthen his sense of achievement. He'd rather move on. "I always try to forget about my success. It will be problematic for me if I retain in my mind the level of buzz Hawa or Karagar has created, for example, or the love the audience has shown me," he explained. "Hawa is over. Karagar is over. My concern now is whether the performances I am going to present to the audience next are of that quality or not."
That's quite a responsibility, though. "It's a challenge. It's a struggle," he admits. Since the previous projects created a lot of buzz, I now have to do something which should be of that standard or even better. Read More...
