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Writer-actor Nayantara Roy likes the economy of precise passages
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the going’s great Nayantara Roy
When writer-actor Nayantara Roy wrote scripts in school, the plays “had nuns and were full of Biblical themes”. Says the Mumbai-based Roy: “As a young convent-school-going girl, your social issues and structures are limited and cont
ained.” Then, like many script-writers with a script, but a dearth of actors, Roy took on roles and felt that she could act as well.
Having interned as a journalist at NDTV in Bangalore, Roy moved from TV journalism to feature-writing, dabbling alongside in commercials. “I love writing food and film reviews as a hobby”, she says. Moving to Mumbai was when Roy decided she wanted to make a full-time career out of acting. “Like many actors, I’ve done a variety of plays — from classical to original productions. As an actor in Bangalore, I found myself in a comfort-zone — comfort is death.”
She asserts, “You have to be hungry, you have to have that edge”, she says, maintaining that “Mumbai is a place of opportunities”.
Develop an edge
From acting in English screenwriter Patrick Marber’s Closer and Chandrasekhar Kambara’s colourful Tukra’s Dream to Jaimini Pathak’s social Once upon a Tiger, Roy says she enjoys the entire process of acting. “I love reading the script, rehearsing, playing dual roles and performing the plays again and again — plays never die for me.” Roy also likes the economy of precise passages. “I like saying as little as possible, rather than lengthy passages.” With five years of professional acting in her kitty, Roy has no regrets.
AYESHA MATTHAN
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