Adil Hussain has been in this industry for more than three decades and yet the actor insists he’s still learning the craft. Not only films but Adil is a key part of several OTT projects and with a plethora of streaming platforms the scenario has completely changed now for showbiz. Has this new medium bridged the gap between viewers and good content?
Well the ‘Maati’ actor feels that we are not there yet, but we are putting pillars together to build that bridge and that's the stage we are in now. He explains it's a great beginning and we have a great future ahead. New directors, who are coming in, are refusing to be sold to gloss and glitter. They are making great content and they are still refusing to be consumed by the paraphernalia of the film world. The versatile actor also admitted that he personally does not endorse the star system as no individual can be bigger than the art. Instead, he advises all to try to remain a tiny entity in the whole scheme of things and work hard to retain humility. Because ego and arrogance are cancerous things, you don't know you have it until the last stage.
He further adds that there are people who don’t even want to be named or credited for their work or take any money for it. These are people who do their job just to make themselves happy and that is their reward. These kinds of People are still in the industry, a lot of people are inspired by them and that's why the future is bright.
Even after all these years in the industry Adil still feels that he needs training and the versatile actor says it’s the stagnancy that made him feel so. There are times when he felt confident about the roles that came to him. Then there are roles which make him go, ‘Oh God, how will I do it?’ Because it's not written well. The actor says he grew up doing plays written by the greatest writers of the world — Chekov, Gorky, Kalidasa, Bhavabhuti, Tolstoy, Bernard Shaw, Shakespeare, and the likes. They are the greatest of writers and those are dramatic literature. And suddenly he gets a script from Bombay and you think, ‘These lines are so badly written, there is no literary value or depth in it’. It’s like fast food and healthy food. If you keep eating fast food, you are bound to fall ill. So, in the name of art, if he is given fast food every day, he will forget that there is an option of healthy food.”
Adil Hussain who will be seen as a closet gay Muslim factory worker in Abhiroop Basu’s ‘Lipstick’ is receiving appreciation from all corners for his stellar act in the recently released Assamese film ‘Dr. Bezbaruah 2’.
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