Actor Nitish Bharadwaj will forever be remembered for playing Lord Krishna in ‘Mahabharata’. He is now making a comeback to the stage and will soon be seen as Lord Krishna again in a play titled ‘Chakrabyu’ which will be staged in Mumbai. In a chat with ETimes, Nitish spoke about his obsession with playing Krishna, how it resonates with his philosophy and his feelings about returning to the stage again. excerpt:
See you on stage with Chakraview? When was the last time you did a play?I did professional Marathi and Hindi theater in the 80s with Sai Paranjpe and Dinesh Thakur. But my last play before Chakraview was in the UK and was a musical parody of Bollywood stereotypes. We won the London Time Out Award and toured the UK and Canada.
So, tell me about Chakra View…
Mahabharat is an epic that is absolutely relevant to our lives today and Krishna is the most relevant God to deal with today’s issues. I wanted to reveal the relevance of the issues arising from Abhimanyu’s story through Krishna’s perspective. This is how Chakravyu took its current form and has performed around 100 shows across India.
People will see you playing Krishna again. What is this obsession to play Krishna? Is it his philosophy that always fascinates you?Krishna guided Nitish to evolve spiritually by making me go through the worst human conflict of seeing the most important relationships in my personal life disappear before my eyes. Masu. I know the relationship is temporary. I now believe that this is why my soul was born under Krishna’s own birth sign and constellation. Like Krishna, I will not only continue to be an entertainer, filmmaker, and screenwriter, but I will also evolve spiritually to celebrate even the worst human experiences. I run my life according to the principles of his Gita. Especially my sense of non-attachment duty and its karma is the ultimate dharma. Krishna is preparing me for higher goals for His next birth.
But do you think artists can sometimes get caught up in their images?
Today’s youth have an open mind to accept me as Sudarshan Chakrapani in the web show ‘Samantharu’ or in films like ‘Mohenjo Daro’ and ‘Kedarnath’ where I play gray characters. Masu. In addition to that, I’m currently writing and directing. So Krishna taught me to survive by using the creative abilities also given to me by Krishna. Then tell me, is it not a blessing to be absorbed in Krishna? I am Krishna’s chosen child and I have to overcome the dangers of life and still smile.
See you on stage with Chakraview? When was the last time you did a play?I did professional Marathi and Hindi theater in the 80s with Sai Paranjpe and Dinesh Thakur. But my last play before Chakraview was in the UK and was a musical parody of Bollywood stereotypes. We won the London Time Out Award and toured the UK and Canada.
So, tell me about Chakra View…
Mahabharat is an epic that is absolutely relevant to our lives today and Krishna is the most relevant God to deal with today’s issues. I wanted to reveal the relevance of the issues arising from Abhimanyu’s story through Krishna’s perspective. This is how Chakravyu took its current form and has performed around 100 shows across India.
People will see you playing Krishna again. What is this obsession to play Krishna? Is it his philosophy that always fascinates you?Krishna guided Nitish to evolve spiritually by making me go through the worst human conflict of seeing the most important relationships in my personal life disappear before my eyes. Masu. I know the relationship is temporary. I now believe that this is why my soul was born under Krishna’s own birth sign and constellation. Like Krishna, I will not only continue to be an entertainer, filmmaker, and screenwriter, but I will also evolve spiritually to celebrate even the worst human experiences. I run my life according to the principles of his Gita. Especially my sense of non-attachment duty and its karma is the ultimate dharma. Krishna is preparing me for higher goals for His next birth.
But do you think artists can sometimes get caught up in their images?
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