Sanjay: If not well-directed, child actors can be rather irritating, not cute

As the short film Friction featuring Sanjay Kapoor and Shweta Kawaatra is released on YouTube the story revolves around a complicated relationship of a married couple with a child the actor says unless child actors are welldirected instead of appearing cute they can come across as irritatingIn the short film Sanjay has a couple of crucial scenes with the child actor Purab Mody Directed by Sumit Suresh Kumar the film is written and produced by Mandhir SahniSharing his experience of working with a child actor Sanjay who was recently seen in the web series The Last Hour told IANS I would like to give the full credit to our director Sumit on this You see child actors need to be directed correctly so that they deliver their best performance They are innocent so extracting the performance is in the hands of the directorIt is extremely difficult at times to make the child look loving rather than irritating In Indian cinema I have noticed that child actors are shown as too cute blabbering lines in a certain way and trying to be overthetop But things have changedAlso Read Gauri Khan shares an adorable video of her mother to celebrate her birthdayCiting an example from his earlier films he said When we were making Mr India I saw how Shekhar Kapur the director made it happen Those child actors came across as real relatable I still remember when I went to the theatre to watch the film MasoomThroughout the film whenever those moments and closeup shots came onscreen looking at Jugal Hansraj the houseful audience reacted at once Shekhar really knew how to direct child actors It was the same with Sumit in our film FrictionThe story is narrated from the viewpoint of a contemporary middleaged couple Rahul and Roski and their 10yearold son Rishi A call from Roski sends Rahul on a whirlwind journey spanning the happenings in his past What ensues alters the three lives forever in ways that no one can fathom In the end Rahul is left to ponder over what he wishes would have been versus what has becomeContinuing his conversation with IANS Sanjay said On one hand I found the story very relatable because in every couple in every intimate emotional relationship there is some friction That is only natural On the other hand when it came to casting a child actor he had to look like he was a part of the family In our story it is a family of Rahul Roski and their son Ishan Since the little one is looking like a part of the family his presence and performance are so adorableThe film Friction has been released on the YouTube channel of Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short FilmsAlso Read Shanaya Kapoors random clicks of self care is all about her love for coffeeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliabilitsy and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever