The highly talented & national award winner Pallavi Joshi had disappeared from the hindi silver screen for quite sometime as she preferred to stay away from the run-of-the-mill roles that were being offered to her. Pallavi who was last seen in the award-winning marathi film ‘Rita’ opposite Jackie Shroff and was also busy producing TV serials, is all set to return to hindi cinema, with her husband Vivek Agnihotri’s film ‘ Buddha in a Traffic Jam’. When asked she commented-
“Budhha in Traffic Jam was a wonderful experiences of all time for me. I benefited in more ways than one by doing this film, both personally and professionally. When I started with the process, right from readings of the script, preparing for the character, styling, till reaching the sets, wearing make-up and costumes and actually shooting in front of the camera, that I realized; in fact every step of the way, I realized how much I missed being an actor. I had kept all these wonderful feelings bottled up inside me, and now they just gushed out. So I must have been the only person on sets to have a smile plastered on my face 24×7. It may have looked pretty moronic to the unit-hands; But it was actually glee that manifested in continuous grins.
Also this film spells a lot of firsts for me. This is the first time that I am doing a film with my husband. This is the first time after my children were born (Read 12 years) that I did a full fledged outdoor. It was also the first time that Vivek and I have spent time alone together minus kids.
When we started Vivek was clear that he did not want stereotypical, anticipated performances that are well timed. He wanted us to just go with the flow. Maybe it would have been a piece of cake for me, if I was working all along. But this long hiatus away from the camera had made me unsure of my capabilities of delivering the correct nuances. When you are in practice you can see your facial expressions through the eyes of your mind. You know exactly how it is going to translate on screen. But for me that connection was lost. Or at least at a point in time I thought so. Also acting has changed immensely. I have been watching films all through, and was observing this shift very keenly; but I wasn’t practicing this most magnificent art. So with Buddha, I tried doing different things, completely reworked my timing, tried different variations to get the correct mature-young attitude, took cues from my younger and more contemporary co-stars. It was almost like going back in time for me to my first few films, where I was still unsure of myself and used to get these unbelievable highs when people who mattered appreciated my work. And I realized that this is it.
Now my kids are at an age where they won’t miss their mother so much. In fact it’s party time for them when I am away. So in my mind it seems like a coming out for me. ”
“Pallavi is one of the most talented actresses and her performance in ‘Buddha In A Traffic Jam’ is sure to surprise all as its a kind of acting we hardly get to see in our films. Also, she is such fun on the sets that its a delight for co-actors and technicians”, says director Vivek Agnihotri.
We anticipate for the best and hope that this surely will herald another innings of the gifted actress in Hindi Cinema and she will be here to stay.
