WORKING IN NEW NORMAL FEELS STRANGE: TABU

Actor Dwayne Johnson regrets making his feud with actor Vin Diesel public. “I meant what I said. But to express it publicly was not the right thing to do,” he told Vanity Fair.

The actor adds it’s odd films’ plotlines are devoid of any mention of the Covid-19 crisis

Actor Tabu, who has been part of the movie industry for nearly three decades, finds the current disconnect between the reel and real world, amid the ongoing pandemic, quite odd. “The fun, as well as the strange thing, is that there is no presence (mention) of the virus in the storylines of films that we are doing,” observes Tabu.

The 50-year-old continues, “The characters, at least, of the projects that I am doing, don’t have anything to do with the pandemic... Or what has happened (in the world) after the virus crisis. In the new normal, this is something strange [for me]. ”

The Andhadhun (2018) actor adds that when you are on a film set “it is very easy to forget about the outside world”. “In the beginning, it was strange to keep thinking about that (Covid-19 protocols, masks, virus). Now, we are all used to working like this. It’s very dichotomous,” says Tabu.

The National Film Awardwinning actor, who marked her digital presence last year with Mira Nair’s A Suitable Boy is now working on her next web project, Khufiya, which reunites her with Maqbool (2004) filmmaker, Vishal Bhardwaj. Talking about the OTT boom, she shares, “OTT has gone through a big change in India, in the past one year. It has suddenly become bigger, not just in terms of the business, but for actors as well as the number of technicians that are being engaged. It is a very good thing.”

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