Within the second season of Freedom at Midnight that’s full of earnest performances, Abhishek Banerjee’s cameo comes as a shock. The actor performs a rioter, fuelled by revenge after having misplaced his pregnant spouse to communal battle, who finally surrenders himself to Gandhi in showrunner and director Nikkhil Advani’s sequence. Anybody watching the sequence will probably be reminded of Om Puri’s character in Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi (1982), through which the late actor performed a rioter, Nahari, who tells Gandhi to finish his starvation strike. Curiously, speaking to mid-day, Banerjee revealed that moving into the position was his approach of paying homage to Puri.
Abhishek Banerjee within the second season of ‘Freedom at Midnight’
“Enjoying this cameo in Freedom at Midnight 2 was by no means in regards to the dimension of the position for me. It was about what it stood for. Om Puri saab is somebody I’ve admired immensely — for his craft, fearlessness, and the dignity he introduced to each character. Entering into an area that echoes a task he as soon as performed felt like a quiet tribute to his legacy,” shared the actor. Admitting that he has an extended journey earlier than he can match Puri’s craft, he added, “This stays my heartfelt tribute to him.”
Om Puri in ‘Gandhi’
Banerjee, who seems within the third episode, shot for the portion with co-star Chirag Vohra in August 2024. Even when he was approached by Advani for the transient position, the actor understood that it got here with immense accountability for the reason that character was related to Puri in public reminiscence. However it wasn’t a strain he carried to the set. Banerjee added, “There can by no means be a substitute for Om Puri saab, and I’d by no means see it that approach. For me, it was about approaching the position with sincerity and restraint, qualities he embodied so effortlessly. Though it’s a cameo, there’s an emotional weight connected to it, and I needed to honour that with honesty.”
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The episode through which Abhishek Banerjee’s character seems amid the Calcutta riots
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‘Gandhi’ (1982), led by Ben Kingsley, gained eight Academy Awards out of its 11 nominations