As
an actor do you relate with the character of Kartar Singh in Veera on Star Plus?Yes, but at many levels I
cannot because of the kind of circumstances this particular character has been
through. Only the one who has experienced such circumstances can understand and
relate. Nonetheless, what I can relate with is his emotional depth, his loyalty
towards friendship and family. But certain things that have happened in his
life, I guess is something that I need to work out on. Kartar is an extremely
emotional guy. His anger also stems from the fact that he loves a lot. So at
that level, I think it's one of the most emotional characters I have played. He
is tough and yet emotional.
Being
a man, do you think Kartar is justified in his feelings for Ratan?
Well, people might find
this surprising but yes. This is because if you put yourself in the situation
of a village in North India, where someone who is your best friend has gone
away, you have seen his wife struggle so badly and you had this fondness of a
relationship with that person over the years. I think his love stems more out
of the fact of possessiveness, duty and now jealousy. He doesn't love her because he is some kind
of a lover-boy. He is married. So in the given situation he is not justified at
a moral level but as a person his feelings are justified, because he has done a
lot for that family, for Ratan and all of a sudden just because of certain
people talking ill about them, it has all changed for him.
So
in your opinion people talking about Kartar's and Ratan's relationship is what
triggered his feelings for her?
Of course it did! There was
a dialogue in the initial episodes where Kartar tells his wife that I have
spent more time in Sampooran's house than in my house. Kartar was actually
removed from that house because of what Bhaktawar said about the duo. So that
really hurt him and that's what made him feel the whole catharsis of his
emotions where he is trying to figure out as to why this is happening and why
he is feeling so bad. At the end of that whole spectrum of emotions he realizes
that there must be something more than just caring towards Ratan.
What
about Ratan do you think draws Kartar?
I think the way the
character has been written. Her individuality, her strength and the fact that
she's been able to do so much on her own. Someone like Kartar would expect her
to break down when disaster strikes her, but she has just been standing up to
every challenge and I think that's where the respect grew in his heart.
Do
you really think Kartar wants to see Ratan break down?
See we did a 5 years
transition very fast. May be in his initial phase he was feeling like that but
we joined the story at a point where the fact that Sampooran is gone is taken
for granted and the fact that he's been helping her as much as possible is also
taken for granted. So I guess it grew to a point that he is just supporting her
from the outside, but as an onlooker also enjoys watching her strength as
oppose to wanting to see her weak. In fact, Kartar himself went through a very weak
phase where Ratan was again trying to be his strength. So I think he enjoys the
fact that she is a strong woman.
Do
you think Kartar really loves Ratan?
Yes! Love again is a very
broad term. He loves Ratan because somewhere he has not really found the true
love or he's not really found what he wanted from his relationships. His mother
died, his best friend cheated on him, so somewhere this is his whole take on
redemption that may be if Ratan is with me everything will become OK.
If
Kartar loves Ratan, then what are his feelings for Gurpreet at the moment?
At the moment from
Gurpreet's point of view Kartar is being a jerk. What he is doing to her is
pure evil. He is being too self consumed with his own feelings and he is not
looking at her. I would say if Kartar is negative right now then it's more
towards Gurpreet than anybody else.
So
is it a feeling of indifference that Kartar feels towards Gurpreet?
No. Right now she actually
shows him the mirror and that's very scary for him. When Kartar realizes that
he loves Ratan, it was Gurpreet who showed him the mirror saying what's wrong
with you; you basically can't see anybody with her. So when one is riding on
two emotional boats, when one is not sure of what is happening and if somebody
constantly shows the mirror, then that person gets to his receiving end. She
shows him his insecurities immediately. Gurpreet is such a good wife that she
understands Kartar more than he understands himself. That's why he often bursts
out in anger.
How
would you differentiate between a Kartar and a Bhaktawar when it comes to
Ratan?
Though Kartar's feeling
for Ratan is immoral since he is married, I for one am 100% sure that it's not
a passionate attraction that he feels for Ratan. It's more of an emotional
attachment. On the other hand, Bhaktawar's is pure lust. I don't think Kartar is
looking at Ratan as an object of lust and desire. He is looking at her because
he cares for her, he wants to help her.
Veera on Star Plus is currently witnessing the tiger track wherein a tiger has come on the sets of Veera and the villagers are scared thinking it
will destroy things but that's not the case. The cast and crew are very
excited to shoot with the tiger. The drama unfolds with lots of twists and
turns in the show.
The
threat of the tiger continues in Beyond Dreams' popular show 
Viewers
will get to see an interesting twist in Yash Patnaik's Beyond Dreams
Production's popular daily soap Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...
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