In just three months, under the aegis of NSD director Ebrahim Alkazi, he learnt the nuances of acting, theatre and filmmaking. I don’t know how it’s all over the internet,” he shrugs.) After completing class XII, he enrolled himself in Delhi’s National School of Drama (NSD) for a three-year diploma course with a specialisation in acting. The son of a retired college principal from Ludhiana, Kapur says becoming an actor was an intuitive feeling. And also serve as a reminder of a time when the small screen was a window to real talent. In his 30-year journey as an actor, it would rank among his most definitive work. Kapur, who played the title role of the canny detective, accorded the character and, in turn, the show, cult status. Unfortunate because anyone who watched TV in the 1980s would know this: That, even as his work in films is lauded today, Kapur’s indomitable ability as an actor was established decades ago through his television work.Īnd Karamchand, which completes 30 years since it first aired on Doordarshan in 1985, is the undisputed stand-out. Unfortunately, though, there is little chance-yet-of any of those scripts being for the small screen. Do they also include stories written by him? “No. Surprisingly, no one has bothered to take them back,” he guffaws. I respect everyone’s work though, which is why I haven’t discarded them. “Yes, many of which have been rejected by me. Intrigued at the number of files lying in his office, we ask Kapur if those are scripts.
Without much ado, he changes into a dark blue shirt and asks his make-up man to do minimal touch-up on his face that sports an untrimmed beard. “I have got two shirts, one in a light shade and the other darker tell me, which one do you want me to wear?” he asks Joshua Navalkar, our photographer. Just as he prepares for his roles, Kapur, 60, has rehearsed for this interview too. But he stays true to his reputation of being punctual and greets us at 1.30 pm, as promised. The actor, who has essayed some of the most unforgettable roles in theatre, television and movies, is busy with a meeting in another room. We are at Pankaj Kapur’s modest sixth-floor office off Yari Road in suburban Mumbai. Here, too, there are files which caress a framed poster of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather. The adjacent passage leads to another room where a shelf is adorned with multiple trophies and awards. A wooden teapoy is stacked with several spiral-bound files. A giant film poster with Kurosawa written in capital letters stares at you in a small room with marble flooring.
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