When Akansha Ranjan Kapoor signed on for Gram Chikitsalay, she didn’t count on the position to push her out of her consolation zone fairly so actually. To convey authenticity to her character, the actress needed to grasp one thing she had all the time averted, driving a scooty.
Set within the heartland of India, Gram Chikitsalay is Prime Video’s upcoming slice-of-life collection that shines a light-weight on the agricultural healthcare system. Within the present, Akansha performs Dr. Gargi, a younger physician in a distant village. However to really grow to be Gargi, she needed to do extra than simply perceive the character; she needed to bodily grow to be her, scooty rides and all.
Akansha recalled that in her first assembly with director Rahul Pandey, he casually requested if she knew the way to journey a two-wheeler. When she stated no, his fast response was to be taught it. At first, she thought he wasn’t severe. However when he jokingly warned that she would possibly lose the present if she didn’t be taught, the remark hit in another way. It felt like a problem.
Using a scooty might sound easy to many, however for Akansha, who had by no means even ridden a bicycle, it felt like an enormous leap. She had all the time been afraid of two-wheelers and hadn’t pictured herself on one, not to mention driving it on digicam. However as an alternative of stepping away, she determined to embrace the worry.
For a month, she practiced driving, slowly increase the arrogance to deal with the scooty on her personal. Even throughout filming, when the staff introduced in a physique double to shoot the scene, she insisted on doing it herself. She had spent weeks getting ready for that second and wasn’t about to let another person take her place.
The scene took hours to shoot, however Akansha loved each little bit of it. It turned out to be one of the vital satisfying elements of her expertise on set. The actress feels proud that she overcame a long-held worry for the position and now holds a brand new ability that she would possibly by no means have realized in any other case.
Directed by Rahul Pandey and created by Deepak Kumar Mishra, Gram Chikitsalay additionally stars Amol Parashar and Vinay Pathak. The collection follows the story of Dr. Prabhat, a city-based physician who takes cost of a rundown Main Well being Centre within the village of Bhathkandi. Akansha performs a key position alongside Anandeshwar Dwivedi, Akash Makhija, and Garima Vikrant Singh.
The present will premiere on Might 9 on Prime Video.
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