It was tough to play a superhero: Jiiva

Completely inquisitive about all that he does, is how you can describe Jiiva. He's gearing up for the discharge of his ambitious super-hero filmMugamoodi. In this exclusive chat with sify.com, he confesses that it was tough playing super hero…

How was it playing a superhero?I play Anand, a personality who's obsessive about Kung Fu and he's called Bruce Lee for this reason. He's a typical guy who goes directly to do extraordinary things because the movie progresses. Girish Karnad plays my father, a kind of loony scientist. It was not easy, (smiles) but it surely was fun.

Why was it tough? What were the challenges?Well, it was a large responsibility to live as much as playing out certainly one of Mysskin’s childhood dreams of a superhero. I'M HOPING I'VE lived upto it. In physical terms, it was challenging to wear the superhero costume on a daily basis. A LARGE NUMBER OF research went into making it with a costumer from Hong Kong, using the most efficient materials. Nevertheless it generates a large number of heat. On the end of the day I'D be really tired and cranky and that i must thank my make up man, costumer and hairstylist for standing by me and putting up with all my tantrums.

How did you prepare for the stunt sequences ?I USED TO BE lucky that I had learnt Kung Fu for 5 years, previous to even meeting Mysskin. So all that helped. But I went back to training with Sekar Master again for the film when Mysskin told me he can be using the art within the film. Sekar Master’s earlier training is among the reasons I didn’t face too many difficulties while doing the stunts. Also, Tony master taught me so much within the forty days that we trained together for the film.

Narain plays the antagonist. Let us know about working with him.Its important to have a powerful antagonist to make the film interesting so a large number of weightage was given to his role and he’s done a very good job. It’s an important role. I interacted with him for 25 days during a fight combination scene. He's probably the most patient actors I know.

How is the chemistry between you and Pooja Hegde?Well, up to now we've not done any romantic scenes as such. But we're heading to Switzerland for 2 songs and that’s after I will know the way the on screen chemistry works out! ( laughs). But she is fun at the sets.