Sohum Shah was hailed as ‘the most brilliant discovery of
the year’ for his breakout performance in Ship of Theseus last year, which also
won the top prize recently at the National Awards.
Now the news is that Sohum Shah will be seen in a film
written and produced by Vishal Bharadwaj. The untitled film will be directed by
Meghna Gulzar.
Sohum Shah plays an extremely pivotal role in the film, that
of an investigating officer along with Irrfan Khan. “It is a matter of much
honor and excitement to share space with Irrfan Khan.I see it as an opportunity
to observe and learn from someone who I believe is one of the finest actors working
in the world today.”Sohum gushes.
Being a complete outsider from the industry and with no film
background, it was Sohum Shah’s dream to work with both, Vishal Bhardwaj and Irrfan
Khan. Sohum continues, “As an actor I would like the kind of work that would
give me sleepless nights and demand complete submission to my craft. I deeply
admire how Vishal Bhardwaj does exactly that to his actors with his wonderfully
humane films. I really hope that I get to work with him often and quench my
thirst to hopefully portray complexities well.”
This intense thriller which will soon go on floors , will be
released next year. This will be the first of three big releases of Sohum,
which also includes his ambitious epic home production, Tumbad. “These are really the exciting times, where a
bunch of amazing filmmakers are working today. From Ritesh Batra, Abhishek Chaubey,
Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Vishal
Bhardwaj to Shekhar Kapur, I sincerely hope to collaborate with all these
stalwarts soon and often.” Sohum signs off.
