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Always enjoy playing a man in uniform: Rajniesh Duggal

The actor talks about playing a cop in Inspector Avinash. 

Always enjoy playing a man in uniform: Rajniesh Duggal

The 1920 actor Rajniesh Duggal, who is seen playing a cop in the web series Inspector Avinash, talked about his character and how he relates to his onscreen persona. The web series also stars Randeep Hooda, and Harjinder Singh in pivotal roles.

Talking about his character, Rajniesh said, "I'm playing the role of Ranvijay Ahlawat. He is a gold medalist and a very strong, intelligent, smart inspector. He is gotten into the team to balance the team because he's by the book and never breaks the rule. He is someone who is smart, intelligent and knows every single nook and corner of the area under his jurisdiction and is well aware of the law and criminals as well. He can think like a criminal but doesn't break any rules. So he is not a schemer, he is who he is. He is very straightforward. Ranvijay is from Meerut. Everyone will like him I guess."


Rajniesh does relate to the character. He worked on himself well enough to bring out who Ranvihay is on screen. "I had to know a lot about the character, about cops and the good thing is that I always enjoy playing a man in uniform on screen, which is why I took Laal Rang and also took the role of SP Gajraj Singh in 'Laal Rang'. Also, my nana ji (maternal grandfather), and mama ji (maternal uncle) are in the police and have an army background. So that was the big reason for me to take this up and I enjoy playing roles that are sort of either patriotic or involves solving crime cases. How relatable it is, that I think as an actor once you start living the character is when you relate to it or you have to. There's a little bit of Rajniesh Duggal in Ranvijay Ahlawat," he shared.

Rajniesh had earlier worked with Randeep in Laal Rang. This is their second project together. "Of course, Randeep and I worked in 'Laal Rang', which was an amazing experience and a great film, we may not have seen the numbers, but it is a cult. We continue to receive fan mail about it. I still receive a lot of fan mails and messages about 'When Laal Rang 2 is coming?'. But I liked playing SP Gajraj Singh in 'Laal Rang'. And, in fact even though with Randeep I barely had 2 or 3 scenes together, yes here this is totally different. After 5-6 years, I'm working with him again. I loved working with him. It's a pleasure because you learn so much from this guy. He definitely thinks of the entire scene like a director which is great, and that's one thing I like about him. So you will see a lot of rift between me and his character. They're totally poles apart. That's the beauty of it and that's where Inspector Avinash and Inspector Ahlawat have fire between them," he added.

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