{"id":35319,"date":"2025-11-03T08:46:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/?p=35319"},"modified":"2025-11-03T08:46:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:46:33","slug":"arshad-warsi-on-his-new-crime-thriller-bhagwat-life-in-dubai-and-why-he-chooses-real-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/ru\/2025\/11\/03\/arshad-warsi-on-his-new-crime-thriller-bhagwat-life-in-dubai-and-why-he-chooses-real-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Arshad Warsi on his new crime thriller ‘Bhagwat’, life in Dubai, and why he chooses real stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two decades after Circuit, the actor dives into darker roles while keeping his instinct and humour intact<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Arshad Warsi logs on to Zoom from his home in Dubai, he looks relaxed, amused even. The city suits him, and the sharp humour remains intact \u2014 the same one that made Circuit from Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003) a household name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over two decades later, Warsi\u2019s gallery of comic characters \u2014 from Golmaal to Dhamaal, and, to an extent, Jolly LLB \u2014 has only grown. This year, he found a new generation of fans through Gafoor in Netflix\u2019s The Ba***ds of Bollywood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warsi is ecstatic with the response. It’s wonderful, he says, referring to the older generation as fans of Circuit, and the newer Gen Zs, as fans of Gafoor. “I\u2019ve managed to satisfy a large age range of people. It feels so good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, at 57, with Bhagwat Chapter One: Raakshas, the actor has turned a darker page. He plays an angsty cop, unafraid to use his fists, tasked with solving a disappearance case in a small, notorious town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wouldn’t be the first time Warsi dons the police uniform; you’ll find reflections of his character from Sehar (2005), one of his finest films to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked what made him venture back to this genre after years, he says, “I liked it because I thought the story was good.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Warsi hears any script, he asks himself if he’d watch it as an audience. “I would never do a film that I personally don\u2019t feel I want to watch,” he says, bluntly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The need for real people, real stories<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warsi doesn\u2019t overthink his choices; for him, a script\u2019s power lies in how it\u2019s told. \u201cThat\u2019s why I often ask the writer or director to narrate the story,\u201d he says. \u201cWhen someone tells you a story, you see it like a picture in your head. Sometimes you go wrong, but more or less, I\u2019ve been right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s instinct that has guided most of his choices. And that instinct seems to be paying off. That instinct seems to be paying off. In Bhagwat, his character is being embraced by audiences, reaffirming his faith in raw, rooted characters. \u201cThank God people are loving it,\u201d he says. \u201cBecause you know what happens \u2014 when you think the script is good and nobody likes it, you start wondering what happened to your judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Warsi believes audiences are finding their way back to authenticity. He knows, realism is what truly engages a viewer. We’ve seen such stories on OTT, but the shift, he says, is happening on the big screens, too. “We had moved away from our real stories and real people \u2014 everything became superhero. Now, when you see a normal film, it feels good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When he says superhero, he doesn’t mean humans with superpowers; instead he points out how everything on the big screens seems unrealistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA film must arise some kind of emotion in you \u2014 laugh, cry, fear, love. Emotion can only arise when you believe in what you\u2019re watching. If I\u2019m unreal, you won\u2019t believe in me,” he says. “That\u2019s where this kind of cinema comes in \u2014 where anything can happen, your main guy could lose. Now you feel for him, now you\u2019re invested.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leaving darkness on set<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite his comfort with the darker corners of storytelling, Warsi doesn\u2019t take it home. \u201cBetween action and cut, I\u2019m completely immersed,\u201d he says. \u201cBut before and after, I go out of my way to joke around, to keep things light.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reason is simple: emotional hygiene. \u201cYou don\u2019t want to stretch that darkness beyond the shoot,\u201d he explains. \u201cWhen I did Asur, it was heavy. You\u2019re already researching and discussing these dark things \u2014 you can\u2019t let that linger. It\u2019s best to forget once you\u2019re done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On set, that balance was palpable. His Bhagwat director Akshay Shere, he recalls, would say the atmosphere changed the moment Warsi arrived. \u201cCracking jokes, having fun, I like that space,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opposite Warsi in Bhagwat is Jitendra Kumar \u2014 another understated performer. \u201cIt\u2019s a tricky role, very easy to go wrong,\u201d he says of his co-star. \u201cThe less you do, the better it is \u2014 and he did that really well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That restraint, Warsi believes, is the essence of believable acting. \u201cI\u2019ve seen it before,\u201d he says, recalling his 2005 cop drama Sehar. \u201cIf one performance goes flat, the whole film goes flat. But I loved the way Jitendra played his role in Bhagwat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freedom in streaming<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Streaming, he admits, has been a gift, especially for writers. \u201cIn films, you have two hours to say everything,\u201d he says. \u201cOn OTT, you can take your time, say things that maybe a censor wouldn\u2019t allow in cinema. It\u2019s more real.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But for Warsi, freedom isn\u2019t just about what you can say, it\u2019s about what you choose to do. \u201cBeing an actor, I want to do everything,\u201d he says. \u201cCan you imagine doing one kind of role for the rest of your life? It\u2019s depressing. Thankfully, I\u2019ve been accepted in both comedy and drama. Usually when a comic actor does serious work, it feels odd. I\u2019ve been lucky.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He doesn\u2019t care whether a film is a small indie or a commercial juggernaut \u2014 only that it moves him. \u201cA good cinema is good cinema,\u201d he says. \u201cBig budget, small budget \u2014 the satisfaction comes from a good script.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And if it isn’t a good script, Warsi would simply say, “Boss, I don’t like it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Khaleej times<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published: 3 November 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two decades after Circuit, the actor dives into darker roles while keeping his instinct and humour intact When Arshad Warsi logs on to Zoom from his home in Dubai, he looks relaxed, amused even. The city suits him, and the sharp humour remains intact \u2014 the same one that made Circuit from Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":35322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5401,5399,5398,3169,5397],"class_list":["post-35319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-arshad-warsi","tag-bhagwat","tag-bollywood-in-dubai","tag-dubai-lifestyle","tag-real-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35323,"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35319\/revisions\/35323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elite-bricks.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}