Nagaland was a silent witness to Jaideep Ahlawat when he remodeled into the lawman Hathiram Chaudhary for the second season of the acclaimed Paatal Lok. For The Household Man 3, the actor returned to the state, solely this time his character was firmly on the opposite aspect of the legislation. “On day one, I bear in mind pondering that my character is nothing like Hathiram Chaudhary. How do you course of that? Then I realised that you just don’t; you simply get pleasure from each side,” begins Ahlawat, who performs Rukma, the antagonist to Manoj Bajpayee’s Srikant Tiwari within the spy thriller.
The state and its politics have been a giant a part of Paatal Lok in addition to the Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK creation. What’s completely different, Ahlawat displays, is his character’s perspective. “There’s a spot the place I used to be standing as Hathiram as soon as, after which later as Rukma. It’s the identical place, two completely different males, however no one can see [the similarity] as a result of the artwork route has modified a lot. It’s an fascinating feeling of being in the identical place, however residing a very completely different life,” he says philosophically, earlier than joking, “I’ve been capturing a lot in Kohima that the Nagaland authorities ought to give me a home there!”
Manoj Bajpayee
Home or not, Ahlawat is definitely being rewarded. The actor’s portrayal of a drug smuggler and hitman within the Prime Video sequence is being broadly praised. He shares, “I lastly bought the prospect to let free with out worrying about conscience or penalties. It felt liberating in a twisted option to play somebody like Rukma.”
The cherry on prime was his reunion with Bajpayee, over a decade after they shared display house in Chittagong (2012) and Gangs of Wasseypur (2012). Inform him that their on-screen face-off was probably the most anticipated factor of the brand new season, and he says it’s one thing he appeared ahead to as effectively. “Working with Manoj is like going again in time. There’s a self-discipline that he brings. Doing an motion scene collectively in spite of everything these years was a thrill. There’s the greed to work with him, and this present is a dream come true!”
Ask Jaideep Ahlawat his most memorable sequence from the sequence, and he factors to the frilly motion set-piece within the first episode — a gripping chase sequence between Manoj Bajpayee and him. “Manoj was driving the automobile, and I used to be driving the bike [chasing him]. The digicam didn’t must cheat; it travelled from him all the best way to me. There have been no stuntmen concerned. That’s my most memorable scene on this season,” he smiles.