Excerpts from Interview with Eijaz - ‘I choose to be an actor and not a star’
• It’s actually quite easy. Credit goes to my director Devaloy Bhattacharya. I am extremely satisfied to have worked with him. Even having Ankur Vikal as my co-star was a huge help. There were quite a number of scenes that matched my experiences in real life. There is one scene where I have to explain my girlfriend about how I shot an intimate scene. In real life, I was asked whether I being myself or my character while shooting Dharmesh Darshan’s Bhanvraa. In the film, I have such scenes with Sangeeta Ghosh and Shweta Salve.
In real life, would you also interrogate your girlfriend if she shoots for an intimate scene?
• It’s totally unacceptable. I can be a progressive Indian male but I’m not metrosexual. I live in a society that doesn’t appreciate this. If she did shoot one, I wouldn’t watch that film.
Why do you shy away from talking about your girlfriend, Anita Hasnandani?
• I prefer to keep it private. I have no problems about her talking about us though.
Professionally, what do you like about her?
• She has never been a minute late on the sets and hasn’t ever complained about anything even during long schedules except for the strong AC! I am more of a technical actor and like to know every detail of what I’m doing. Anita, in contrast, is more emotion based. But both of us are directors’ actors.
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