Saurabh Sachdev: “Learning dialogues is surely a challenge that I love to overcome”
Recently seen in web series Ranjish Hi Sahi and movie Bhoot Police, actor-acting coach Saurabh Sachdev plans to wear the director’s hat soon.
“I really want to get into direction soon. I have written a few scripts and I am in touch with makers too, but seeing the current scenario, all thanks to the pandemic, makers want to invest into either thriller or comedy stories. And there is nothing wrong if makers want to entertain the distressed souls. Whereas whatever I have penned is more dramatic and less comical, so I think it will take a little more time before I go behind the camera,” says the Sacred Games actor.
On whether he believes in prepping prior to getting into a specific person, Sachdev adds, “I need to prep always; being a dyslexic I always have problems in learning my lines. My EQ (emotional quotient) is very high maybe it’s due to my problem, but my understanding of subjects and characters remains very high. Learning dialogues is surely a challenge that I love to overcome with each acting project.”
Sachdev who has trained the actors Richa Chadha, Freida Pinto, Arjun Kapoor, Kubra Sait, Jacqueline Fernandez, and Harshvardhan Rane, feels that in prior days the idea of being a teacher was extremely complex profession. “Thankfully this has changed. Today, teachers are friendlier and easy going. Being a mentor myself, I don’t believe in putting students to any shame or guilt and same goes when I am taking instructions from my directors,” he says.
Speaking about his post-lockdown experiences Sachdev says, “Last two years were difficult and I was extremely scared for my parents and teams’ health. So, we had to fight and somehow manage the crisis. I am not very tech savvy but thankfully my team is and that’s how we came up with mock rehearsals and audio exercising sessions with my old students. That’s how my online classes began and as almost everyone was sitting home so more people joined in. We also designed online workshops to keep our students’ morale up.”
