Actor Saurabh Pandey plays 11 characters in three days

Rigorous shooting, constant energy, and, a lot of hardwork...

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Popular show Suryaputra Karn on Sony TV, recently was in news when the audience saw the famous Kurukheshtra war sequence. Actor Saurabh Pandey, who plays Lord Krishna in the show got to play 11 characters in three days - a rare happening in a television show. 
After the Kurukheshtra war, when Krishna accepts Gandhari's curse, Gandhari, Dhritrashtra and Pandavas were not happy with all the losses and the brothers they killed. Then, to show her and everyone the truth of Mahabharata, Krishna takes Gandhari, her husband Dhritrashtra and all five Pandavas to the war field of Kurukshetra and with divine vision shows everyone that whoever died was Krishna, he only kills and dies always. 

Saurabh says,"In this vision, all of them get to see Krishna in all the forms, there were many people involved in the war. I shot as eleven other characters of Mahabharata in which Krishna himself is seen as Dhuryodhan, Suryaputra Karna, Arjun, Bheem, Abhimanyu, Bheesma Pitama, Yudishtir, Dronacharya, Dhristdiyum, Hastinapur Soilders and Pandav Soilders. It took us three days of non-stop 13-hour per day to complete it. Getting into the skin of each character is one thing but in these sequences, I also had to perform like them." 

Some of the sequences Saurabh found tough included the one where Suryaputra Karna had to do the scene of taking off the Kavacha (Armour) coming off his skin) it was a high-intensity scene, Abhimanyu getting killed was another high-intensity performance. 

He also adds," The best part is I got to play everyone and feel every character, it was such an amazing experience that I loved every single moment of it. Where else would you get such an opportunity to play 11 characters in a three day's shoot? I also realized that how much trouble and patience each person has to undergo with those pasted wigs, beards, armour etc on their body.But I loved each moment of it because this is what I love to do, this is what I am here for, I love every bit of acting."

Sounds fun yet difficult! 

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seriously it is equal trouble to watch that scenes with saurabh pandey involving in it .. my head spinning after watching the horrible hardwork..

8 years ago

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