Yash
So i
is
looki g
back
at
a
impo ta t
phase
i
his
ca ee
with
‘Maa a .’
The
Guja ati
th ille
wo
the
Natio al
Film
Awa d
fo
Best
Featu e
Film
i
Guja ati
at
the
72 d
Natio al
Film
Awa ds.
So i’s
pe fo ma ce
as
Rata
has
also
ea ed
atte tio
f om
audie ces
a d
c itics.I
a
exclusive
co ve satio
with
ETimes,
So i
spoke
about
the
espo se
to
his
pe fo ma ce.
He
also
discussed
his
p epa atio
fo
‘Rata .’
The
acto
fu the
ope ed
up
about
compa iso s
with
Fahadh
Faasil
a d
his
eactio
to
the
film’s
Natio al
Awa d
wi .
Yash
So i
eceives
p aise
fo
‘Maa a ‘
Yash
So i
said
the
espo se
to
‘Maa a ‘
has
bee
pa ticula ly
mea i gful.
He
evealed
that
seve al
people
whose
wo k
he
admi es
have
oticed
details
i
his
pe fo ma ce.
The
compa iso
with
Fahadh
Faasil
came
as
a
su p ise
to
So i.
The
Malayalam
acto
is
widely
admi ed
fo
his
choice
of
challe gi g
cha acte s
a d
subtle
pe fo ma ces.
“So
good,
people
I
look
up
to
a e
w iti g
about
my
wo k.
They
a e
picki g
such
small
details
a d
ua ces
f om
my
cha acte
that
it
feels
like
my
study
a d
esea ch
is
fi ally
payi g
off.”
‘Rata ‘
pushed
Yash
So i
beyo d
his
comfo t
zo e
Yash
So i
said
he
was
immediately
d aw
to
‘Rata ‘
whe
he
ead
the
sc ipt.
The
cha acte
dema ded
a
diffe e t
p epa atio
p ocess.
It
also
equi ed
a
sig ifica t
cha ge
i
his
appea a ce.
“I
was
eally
excited.
Si ce
my
fi st
film
was
eleased
i
2015,
I
have
always
wa ted
to
do
somethi g
diffe e t
f om
my
p evious
cha acte s,
a d
my
audie ce
also
ki d
of
expected
the
same.
‘
Rata
was
somethi g
that
eally
challe ged
my
p ocess
a d
p epa atio s.
It
d astically
cha ged
my
look
a d
made
me
u ecog izable.
“The
ole
gave
Yash
a
oppo tu ity
to
move
away
f om
the
image
he
had
built
th ough
his
ea lie
films.
Acto
eacts
to
Fahadh
Faasil
compa iso
Bei g
compa ed
with
Fahadh
Faasil
was
especially
sig ifica t
fo
Yash
So i.
He
evealed
that
the
acto
has
bee
a
i spi atio
whe
it
comes
to
choosi g
sc ipts
a d
cha acte s.
He
told
us,
“That
is
g eat.
I
feel
humbled.
Fahadh
Faasil
has
always
bee
a
i spi atio ,
be
it
sc ipt
selectio
o
cha acte
choices.
This
ki d
of
mea s
the
wo ld
to
me.
It
also
pushes
me
to
wo k
eve
ha de
a d
push
my
limits.”
Yash
So i
said
the
ecog itio
has
motivated
him
to
challe ge
himself
fu the
as
a
acto .
Playi g
a
ext emist
excited
me
The
psychological
aspects
of
‘Maa a ‘
also
att acted
him
to
the
p oject.
He
said
explo i g
the
mi dset
of
someo e
so
diffe e t
f om
himself
made
the
expe ie ce
exciti g.
“Eve ythi g,
the
idea
of
putti g
myself
i
the
shoes
of
someo e
so
diffe e t
is,
itself,
ve y
exciti g.
U de sta di g
the
psychology
of
a
ext emist
a d
playi g
a ou d
with
his
mi dset
is
somethi g
you
do ’t
get
to
do
ve y
ofte .
So
yes,
I
felt
like
a
ki g
eve y
time
I
was
o
set.”
The
acto
said
the
oppo tu ity
allowed
him
to
app oach
pe fo ma ce
i
a
diffe e t
way.
Yash
So i
ecalls
lea i g
about
the
Natio al
Awa d
The
Natio al
Awa d
a ou ceme t
became
a othe
memo able
mome t
fo
Yash.
He
was
t avelli g
to
Ma ali
whe
he
eceived
the
ews
about
‘Maa a ‘
wi i g
the
ho o .
“Somewhe e
it
took
time
to
si k
i .
I
was
sleepi g
i
the
ca
o
my
way
to
Ma ali.
I
e te ed
the
mou tai
with
this
ews
of
‘Maa a ‘
getti g
a
atio al
awa d.
It
was
wo de ful.
Afte
all,
it’s
my
fi st
film
to
eceive
this
p estigious
awa d.
G ateful!
I’m
deeply
g ateful
to
eve yo e
who
believed
i
the
film,
to
the
e ti e
team
that
pou ed
thei
hea ts
i to
it,
a d
to
the
audie ces
who
emb aced
it.
Mome ts
like
these
emi d
you
why
you
do
what
you
do.
Feeli g
t uly
blessed
a d
tha kful.”Yash
So i
bega
his
film
ca ee
with
‘Chhello
Divas’
i
2015.
He
late
appea ed
i
‘Days
of
Taf ee
a d
Shu
Thayu?’.
He
also
sta ed
i
‘Chaal
Jeevi
Laiye!’
alo gside
Siddha th
Ra de ia.
He
has
w apped
his
ew
film
‘Gol
Dha a’
with
Ja ki
Bodiwala,
but
fu the
updates
o
this
p oject
have
ot
bee
evealed.
