Mumbai, Actor Avinash Tiwary says filmmaker Imtiaz Ali pushed him into uncharted territory with their upcoming series, O Saathi Re, which he describes as one of the most difficult roles he has ever done.
The series reunites the actor with Ali after the 2018 romance-drama, Laila Majnu, that has achieved cult status for its storytelling.
Tiwary credits Ali for altering his perspective on 'vanity and desirability' first with Laila Majnu and now with O Saathi Re, a romantic-drama series for Netflix.
He made me go beyond, the idea of the physical self-existing with Laila Majnu. And it has affected me to a point, where post that in my head, the idea of physical beauty became redundant, to my eyes, and my understanding, the value for it and the way it's celebrated.
It continues with O Saathi Re, where we let go of the physical, is when we get into figuring out what's going on really inside, and that is what he's able to do.
Billed as an 'evocative exploration of the vintage feeling of love in contemporary times', O Saathi Re explores themes of love, relationships, and human dilemmas.
It also stars Aditi Rao Hydari and Arjun Rampal.
