Aditya Rawal may be the son of veteran actor Paresh Rawal, but with every new role, he is steadily carving out an identity of his own. The actor, who recently impressed audiences as the antagonist in Subedaar, opened up in an exclusive chat with Moneycontrol about why saying yes to the film was an easy decision, what went into preparing for such an unusual character, and the most important lesson he has learnt from his father’s decades-long journey in cinema.
Subedaar, directed by Suresh Triveni and starring Anil Kapoor in the lead, has drawn attention for its intense performances, with Rawal’s negative role standing out as one of the film’s key talking points.
Speaking about what drew him to the project, Aditya made it clear that for him, the opportunity itself was reason enough. “For a film like Subedaar, I think it doesn’t necessarily work. It works the other way in the sense that it is an opportunity that I would absolutely love to have,” he said. “To be directed by Suresh Triveni sir, to be opposite Anil sir in such a colourful role, I think it is obvious for me to say yes. The fact that they gave me the opportunity to do this is what I am grateful for.”
When asked about preparation, Aditya revealed that the work went beyond the physical. “Yeah, I think just the accent work, some physicality stuff. But mostly it was in understanding the mindset of somebody like this who is so unnamed, so bizarre, so colourful,” he shared. “And to be able to carry that off physically. But also mentally understand that this is somebody who acts as if there are no consequences in life. Which is the absolute opposite of how we live our lives, especially coming from Bombay.”
Aditya also spoke about the kind of roles he hopes to explore next. While he said he enjoys all kinds of films, one genre is calling him the loudest. “Honestly, I like to do all kinds of films. But the next thing that I really want to do is a comedy,” he said. “Like an out and out comedy is something that I have been dying to do. Because I have done it on stage many times and I know I can do it also well. So I am just itching to do it.”
On learning from his father Paresh Rawal, the actor turned reflective. “He has been around for 40 years. He has been working so much to learn from him,” Aditya said. “But the one thing I learnt from him is that you have to keep going on. You have to keep persevering. You have to keep moving forward. Because that’s the only truth.”
He continued, “Everything else is as they say Maya. Because today you have success, tomorrow you don’t have it. Today things are looking up, tomorrow they are not looking up. But the fact is that you still have to keep going. You have to wake up in the morning and turn up every day. You have to basically put yourself in a position, do the hard work, do the leg work, so that when good fortune strikes, you are capable of receiving the blessings of it.”
Aditya also shared that he does not usually discuss projects with his father before signing them. “I only discuss them after I have chosen to go ahead with it, or been selected for it,” he explained. “Then how to break down the character, what can be done, those are things that I discuss sometimes. But mostly it’s about my relationship with the director.”
Apart from films, Aditya remains deeply connected to theatre. “I have acted in a lot of plays. I have written and produced two plays that are currently running. One is a play called Siachen and the other is Queen,” he said. That mix of stage experience, screen ambition, and grounded perspective suggests that Aditya Rawal is not interested in taking the easy route. He is choosing the slow burn, and that usually makes for the more interesting actor.
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