Sushant Singh Rajput commends MS Dhoni’s acting skills

Although most cricketers have to be somewhat witty with their sayings on camera, India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has just broken a few thresholds when it comes to being an actor on camera. Sushant Singh Rajput, the man who plays the Indian skipper in the latter’s biopic, ‘MS Dhoni – The Untold Story’ has stated that the cricketer is a supremely talented actor.

Speaking about Dhoni’s acting skills, Rajput used the case of the promotional videos they shot after a few music video releases. The actor added that he was just reacting to some of the answers thrust upon him during their conversation on camera and set. In a nutshell, Rajput added that he was a natural actor.

“He (Dhoni) is a very good actor. If you watch one of the videos we did, where he is asking me what’s there in the film, the scripted lines were just five-six. I came up with some lines, just like that and he reacted on them.

“Then I reacted, then he did. So he is a very good actor. If you’re listening, you’re an 80 per cent actor,” Sushant said in an interview.

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“Well if he decides to be an actor then we need to think of Plan B because he is very good at whatever he decides (to do),” Sushant said.

“Normally when we do fictional characters, we don’t have a reference point. But when you’re playing Dhoni, you have a reference point. Body language, mannerism or may be playing style,” Sushant said.

“I had to take care of that too. Because very quickly I realised that I could be very good in the film as an actor, but I could still not be convincing if I don’t remind you of him. Those were the things which we took care of so that there is no jerk,” he said.

Rajput went on to add that he was indeed a big fan of MS Dhoni and it was a pleasure to work alongside him. “I am a big fan, so getting a chance, talking to him, he is answering my questions…in between, in breaks I used to ask him how to hold a bat. MS Dhoni, telling you, it’s surreal. There are many things that’ll stay with me for a while.”

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