Can an actor change a country?
This is a feature of Time magazine on amir Khan's "The Conscience of India."
Amir Khan, a man who conquers the world with his acting skills and character.
Sometimes you will suspect that he is just "pretending" to say what he wants to say and do what he wants to do as an actor.
In his films, some sharp and ugly social problems will be presented to the world one by one.
He always tries to encourage the audience to pay more attention to social issues through the language of film.
In "Three Fools in Bollywood", he questioned the education of the test; "The Color of Basati" attacked the political system of the time; "Stars on Earth" focused on the children's world and broke people's prejudices against special people. "My God" exposes various religious contradictions in India, as well as discrimination against women and the bondage of human nature.
And in the movie "WrestleMania! In "Daddy", he pointed out the discrimination and suppression of women in Indian society. Amir tells the audience through the characters in the play: "Men and women are born equal, and every girl should be in control of her own destiny." ”
In fact, when he first came into contact with the script, Aamir Khan decided to present this work to the world perfectly, because this is a real case that has happened in the indian sports world - the story of Mahavira Singh Poir.
In reality, the father has also successfully trained his daughter to become a world-class wrestler. Behind this, there is actually a lot of social resistance, such as corruption, inaction, injustice, oppression, discrimination, black trade and so on that appear in the movie.
The advent of this film is not only about equality between men and women, but also exposes many gray areas in society, which is also his ultimate goal.
For a long time, Aamir Khan's films have been sensitive subjects. He said:
"Making a movie is not about pandering to anyone. In fact, when you make a film that has a certain critical significance for your country, it has a crucial significance for the country. So criticizing ourselves and our country is the first step in our progress. There is no need to be ashamed that our homeland has been put in the spotlight, what should be ashamed is where our country is lacking. ”
He dared to use a fair lens to show the poverty and backwardness of his country and unveil the fig leaf layer after layer.
In addition, he also did a documentary called "Truth Interview". In the show, he confronts the dark side of Indian society, and in each episode he invites guests to tell his story, poking at the ugliest and most painful scars of contemporary India.
At that time, the show was almost banned because it was too realistic, and Amir Khan himself was once involved in the center of the storm of public opinion.
But he told the world on the show: "I want to discuss some topics related to the people's livelihood in India, not to blame anyone, not to slander anyone, and not to restrain anyone." Everyone says that the people who hurt us are close at hand, and maybe we are all responsible. ”
And behind all this "fighter behavior" of working hard for the country, people seem to forget that he is first and foremost an actor.
As an actor, he always treats the script and himself with a harsh attitude.
I believe I have seen the movie "Wrestling!" The audience of "Daddy" knows that in this movie, the role of the father played by Amir Khan has changed greatly from his youth to the shape of the nearly 200-pound old man.
Therefore, in the early stage of shooting, Amir Khan asked the shooting team to shoot the post-production part of the character first, which also made him have to spend a month to gain weight. Stunned to increase his weight to 194 pounds, he became a 55-year-old middle-aged fat uncle.
Then, when the pace of shooting slowed down, Amir Khan himself underwent devilish training, and in the five-month extreme slimming plan, he successfully reduced from 194 pounds to 136 pounds, and the body fat rate was also cut from 36% to 9.8%.
Many people have had doubts about the arrangement of this shooting sequence, and Aamir Khan himself replied: "The shooting of the film and the perfect presentation of the final film are the spiritual pillars that spur me to continue to work hard, and I do not want to cause uncomfortable immersion to the audience because of the image of the characters (post-special effects). ”
Why? This is due to the fact that in the early stages of shooting, in the face of the fat old man's shape, the stunt team had tried fake special effects, but in order to pursue perfection, Amir Khan rejected the idea: as an actor, that is not good!
He began masochistic fitness and desperately learned sports skills such as wrestling, trying to be a real wrestler.
So at the beginning of the movie, when everyone follows the memory and sees the role of the 19-year-old father, that shot is actually the last scene taken by the crew.
It is this responsible attitude that allows Amir to interpret each character very vividly.
And through the role, he expresses the "citizen demand" that he has always wanted to express.
I think this is a real actor who takes his profession seriously and doesn't blindly go selfish and go for money.
He will use his own practical actions to change his imperfect or even "sick" country. He can always find the pain points of society and expose the shortcomings of reality.
Of course, some people have questioned: "What you can change, after all, is very small." ”
In an interview, Amir Khan said:
"India is on the rise, thriving, and as an Indian, I am happy and proud. However, there are many poignant facts in society that we turn a blind eye to. Sometimes I wonder, why should I think about all these things that have nothing to do with me? My life is happy and happy, but what does the suffering of others have to do with me? But it does matter.
Did our ancestors dream of building an India like it is now? ”
Obviously not, so with Amir Khan, there is an actor who is willing to make the motherland a little better and better through his own efforts. He firmly believed that the spark of the stars would develop into a burning trend.
Da ze and help the world! The actor has done this, which is the ultimate.
As one netizen on Douban said, "Amir Khan has changed my view of Indians and Indian stars." Facing up to India's various bad habits and evils, and working hard to change them with my own strength, I don't see such a person among many politicians, businessmen, and celebrities around me."
Chen Daoming also commented on him: "In front of Amir Khan, every actor in China can be said to be ashamed of himself, having neither the ability nor the wisdom of others. ”
Every country needs actors like Aamir Khan, and even more so citizens.
When will China also produce an "Amir Khan"?
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