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India, May 9 -- What appealed you the most about your character, journalist Sanjeev Mehra?
The fact that he was once a hero, a beacon of journalistic courage, who degenerates himself into rabble rousing as that's the journalism that sells. His character is nuanced and gives me a scope to interpret him in a complex way.
How challenging was it to carve yourself into the character? What research went into it?
It was a step by step process. I had to first read up on the great journalists of 1990s in India and research their work and philosophies. Then a quick study of journalism, as it is practised, today. A brief visit was made to a television news channel in Delhi, where I got to see and understand the entire process of how news travels ...
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