India, Nov. 14 -- Akash Bhatnagar akash.bhatnagar@partner.hindustantimes.com A s the country marks the birth anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru today, actor Sidhant Gupta says he feels honoured to portray the first Prime Minister of India in Freedom At Midnight. "There comes a big change after you truly play a character. Your perspective shifts, the way you see life changes. It's like your mind opens up. The one thing I took away from him is that if you want to be a hero, you have to give a damn about people. It's as simple as that," he says. Reflecting on the process of embodying Nehru, Sidhant calls the experience both "painful and fascinating". The pain, he says, came from spending nearly three hours each day in prosthetics. "But the fascinating part is how the physical transformation helps your internal system. When you wear that prosthetic, something changes within you," he adds. Sidhant also acknowledges a shared trait between him and the former PM - a sense of calm. "Look at the world we live in, the pace is only increasing," he says, adding, "If you want to grow, fulfil your dreams, and make this life count, there's no other way but to find calmness and stillness. You have to stay in touch with that. That's your hope." On his memories of Children's Day, Sidhant recalls learning about Nehru in schoolbooks and the affection with which he was referred to. "We used to call him Chacha Nehru, and that felt really special," he says and adds, "Someone we never knew, who had been the Prime Minister of India, suddenly felt like your father's brother, there was a familiar warmth to that."...