Arbaaz Khan has a special role in Kuch Naa Kaho and speaks here on his character, preparation for the role and the experience of working with Rohan Sippy.

"I don’t try and do more than what is required for the character. I’d rather underplay them than overact them. I personally feel you should stay under the limits of the character and within the director’s perception of the character and what the scene requires. You should go with what you know and that is that you know what the scene is, you know what the character is and who the other characters in the scene are. The same way you know what the situation is and the way the other characters are going to look at you is."

"See my performance is not just my acting. It’s also what your perception of me is as a character in this film and his relationship to the other characters. Your perception of me is what will make me what I am with you. For example, if a close friend comes in you react to them more warmly and in a way that fits their perception of you and yours of them. The same way my character has to come across how the director perceives him and how he wants the audience to perceive him. I have to relay on screen in front of this other character what my behaviour will be, and that is ultimately dictated by the director."

"I know that this woman is my wife and this is her lover and at this stage what my character should be like. I am told that he is angry and is also guilty so how would he react? So I go through how I should play the character with the help of Rohan, for example given the situation in the film and the actions the character has taken, how would he sit with his wife or with her lover? These things have to be thought about with relation to body language, the tone of my voice and the way he will come across."

"With the scene and the dialogue I can only portray what I see on paper as the director translates it to me. If I have a good character who is well-etched out as the person is in Kuch Naa Kaho, and a good director like Rohan to guide me into that character, then I can pull it off. You are relaying a character with respect to the totality of the film, and make it believable in every scene else the audience will not believe in him."

Fuad Omar.