Sumeet Kant Kaul, an accomplished theatre artist
from Delhi; also the maternal grandson of Yeshwant Pethkar, the pioneer
Producer-Director of Indian cinema who gave break to legendary actors, Dev
Anand and Pran in Aghe Bado and Apradh and directed Madhubala, Geeta Bali, Asha
Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar etc. Taking the legacy ahead, Sumeet debuts as the
antagonist, where other Bollywood stars fear to tread, in a film called Pakhi,
based on child trafficking, to release on 10th
August, 2018.
“Every eight minutes a child is being kidnapped.
Every one hour, a child is being trafficked in our country. The child could be
yours or mine. This issue disturbed my mind and heart,” says actor-spiritual
healer and karmayogi Sumeet Kant Kaul who makes his feature film debut with
Pakhi.
A theatre actor for the last half decade, Sumeet
has essayed roles ranging from a lover boy to a 65-year-old
man to a negative character. The current film sees Sumeet Kant Kaul play a
negative character who snatches children to drown them in the quicksand of
prostitution and child marriage.
For a debut actor who radiates positivity and
heals minds, it has been a challenging role for the young man.
“As a Karmayogi, it is my mission to spread
positivity. In Pakhi, I play a contrarian role to my actual character. Here I
was the sutradhar who mirrored shocking and despicable atrocities in society
who is the don of the flesh/trafficking trade.”
Taking a leaf from Heath Ledger's The Joker from
Batman, Sumeet Kant Kaul etched out the nuances of his larger-than-life
character of Bali, a menacing character in Pakhi. “I began to live the
character of Bali and as a method actor I used to imagine this character being
equivalent to 100 Ravans. Bali believed that Dark Forces were
protecting him and he used to think that he was invisible. I used to live in
that zone, live those emotions and bring out the energy that I radiate
onscreen.”
Sumeet Kant Kaul seeks his inspiration from
Amitabh Bachchan, Anthony Hopkins and Ranveer Singh and attributes his
histrionics to the fact that he began his career as an Assistant Director,
learning the ropes of filmmaking as much as facing the camera.
“I am glad that the trailer of my film, Pakhi, is
being received well by the audiences. It is an eye-opener. Each of us needs to
take the story forward and spread the message and make this world a better
place,” signs off Sumeet Kant Kaul.
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