Mumbai | Jagran Entertainment Desk: Actor Kay Kay Menon has appealed people to enjoy cinema rather than attaching extremist issues to it, saying it is wrong to attach "values" to cinema and think that it will bring a change in the society.
In an interview with news agency PTI, Menon said that cinema can never influence society unnecessary people take it too seriously, adding that storytelling is to enjoy it and to think more about that in society is futile.
"You got to understand cinema in that purview and appreciate the art of cinema rather than extremist issues and attaching that to cinema. That is not the function of cinema. You might think that it is going to change. Nothing changes in the world because of cinema," Menon told PTI in an interview.
The 53-year-old recently featured in Hotstar Special show “Special Ops” in which he played the role of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) Himmat Singh who for the past 19 years has been tracking a terrorist mastermind that no one believes even exists.
Talking about his recent spy thriller, Menon said that he believes it is the people who should be held accountable for their actions and not their religion.
"It is about good people verses bad, it has nothing to do with religion. There are good people existing in every form of life and bad people also," he said.
"Whatever are the events in the series you take the factual elements and then you create fiction around it. This is pure storytelling and it has nothing to do with anything else," he added.
Crediting the movie makers for creating an intriguing world weaved with several twists and turns, Menon said that web-series doesn’t require stars and is an outing that is favourable to actors.
"Acting is a symbiotic process, it is an amalgamation of many many things put together and when there is a call for action, that's when you surrender and the moment of truth comes out, that's when you perform. That is the process for every good actor," he said.
Speaking about his character Himmat Singh, Menon said that he is a man who is both sharp and intelligent but there is also a lighter side to his personality.
"When I read the entire script I found him tongue-in-cheek in certain areas. He has a sense of humour in which you convey your message and that is the best way to have a conversation even if you oppose someone. If you have a little nice chaste and positive sense of humour then the matter is understood much more," he said.
"However, my character is completely vulnerable when he is at home. He is awkward in handling it and doesn't know how to handle things while he can handle the country and security," the actor said.
Talking about the comparisons between his series and Manoj Bajpayee's spy drama "The Family Man", Menon said “both the shows are completely different”.
"This ('Special Ops') is a typical espionage spy thriller in which the focus is more on the espionage and how and what happens and the nitty-gritties," he said.
"No two love stories are the same though the love factor might be the same. In the world there are eight to nine concepts on which stories can be made and how you implement it makes a difference," Menon said.
(With PTI inputs)
Posted By: Aalok Sensharma
