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Now I’m only concentrating on films – Mukesh Tyagi
November 19th, 2009
Meerut (UP) based multi-talented Mukesh Tyagi was always fond of acting in his school days and this continued until his college life and now this interest has brought him closer to the film industry. His first film was the critically acclaimed film “Page 3” and then continued the long list of films like “Corporate”, “Dil se pooch kidhar jaana hai”, “Traffic Signal”, “Pranali”, “Fashion” and now the latest one “Jail”. Mukesh is seen as playing Neil Nitin Mukesh’s boss in the recently released film “Jail”. We had a brief interview of Mukesh Tyagi on his journey of acting and cinema.
Q. 1: So far all the films that you’ve done are mostly directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. Any specific reason for that?
Ans. 1: Madhur is a very dear friend of mine and when he was looking for the character “Member of Parliament”, he offered me the role and thus my journey of acting in Bolly wood started with Madhur. After that I acted in films like “Corporate”, “Dil se pooch kidhar jaana hai”, “Traffic Signal”, “Pranali”, “Fashion” and “Jail”.
Q. 2: Have you acted in any other film before “Page 3?”
Ans. 2: No, I always used to take part in school and college drama competitions as I was extremely passionate about acting right since childhood. But after I completed my studies, I went for a MBA in USA then I worked at a very high designation in a few MNCs. My last job was at Punj Lloyd where I was working at a very senior level position but I left it and started pursuing my acting career in a full-fledged manner. Now I’m only concentrating on films.
Q. 3: Tell us more about “Jail”. What is your character in “Jail?”
Ans. 3: I’m playing as Neil Nitin Mukesh’s boss. It’s a very interesting character.
Q. 4: What kind of roles do you want to do in future?
Ans. 4: I want to do both serious and comedy roles.
Q. 5: So tell us which actor is your role model?
Ans. 5: I admire actors like Anupam Kher, Paresh Rawal, Amrish Puri and Kadar Khan from Bollywood. From Hollywood, Charlie Chaplin influenced me a lot.
Q. 6: We’ve heard that you’ve even sung songs in one of the films? Is it true?
Ans. 6: Yes, I sang a Gazal “Kya hota hai” written by Nida Fazli in the film “Dil se pooch kidhar jaana hai?”
Q. 7: What’s your next film after Jail?
Ans. 7: I’ll be doing a couple of films which will be released in 2010.