'Yudhra' isn’t a film with senseless action sequences: Siddhant Chaturvedi

Mumbai: Siddhant Chaturvedi, who will next be seen in the action thriller ‘Yudhra’, said that megastar Amitabh Bachchan is the ‘biggest action hero’ Hindi cinema has ever produced.

Citing the example of 1975’s ‘Deewar’, the actor said that Bachchan would fight with his eyes first and legs later.

The action was always rooted in drama for him, added Chaturvedi. “I never enjoy action where there is only beating. There should be a purpose or some story to it. The biggest action hero we’ve ever had is Amitabh Bachchan. Whenever I would watch ‘Deewar’, I would think it is an action film. But if you notice there was only one action scene in the film. For me, it’s the intensity and angst. There should be a fire inside like Amitabh Bachchan who fights with his eyes. He’s got a long leg, but the kick came late. It’s his eyes first,” he told reporters.

The actor was speaking at the trailer launch of ‘Yudhra’, directed by Ravi Udyawar of ‘Mom’ fame. Also starring Malavika Mohanan in her Bollywood debut and Raghav Juyal, the film is produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s ‘Excel Entertainment’.

Chaturvedi said that ‘Yudhra’ isn’t a film with senseless action sequences. “There is a lot of depth and that’s what I connected to. If I had an action film where I have to perform a stunt, jump and beat people showing six packs and look heroic, then it would not be entertaining for me,” he added.

Udyawar compared ‘Yudhra’, penned by Sridhar Raghavan, to William Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy ‘Hamlet’.

“Farhan and Sridhar narrated this story to me. I knew then it had something that had something Shakespearean ‘Hamlet’ sort of a thing built in it. It is a classic revenge tragedy story. I thought it was the best skeleton that they could put on as a design. It is about this kid who can’t control his anger and what it does to him,” he said.

The film is slated to be released in theatres on September 20.