WATCH: Actor Diganth opens up about ‘Powder’, cycling and his ups and downs in Kannada cinema
Kannada actor Diganth’s Instagram account has many pictures of adventure activities. His pictures of long rides with friends or his wife and actor Aindrita Ray reflect his love for cycling.
While meeting us, he happily goes out for an early morning cycling and talks about his upcoming film. Powder, It is set to release on August 23. Directed by Janardhan Chikkanna (Director of the film) Gultu fame), Powder This is Diganth’s fourth release this year Bachelor Party, MarigoldAnd Decision,
Kannada actor Diganth has been cycling regularly since 2016. Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Powder It promises to be a comedy drama, with a tinge of confusion and chaos; Diganth has again used cycling as a metaphor to explain his current phase in the film industry.
“When you go on a long ride on a bicycle, you get tired climbing steep hills, so tired that you don’t want to ride a bicycle again. But once you overcome that challenge and get on a smooth road, you feel proud of yourself. Similarly, I have had a dull phase in films too.”
Diganth and Dhanya Ramkumar in ‘Powder’. | Photo Credit: KRG Connects/YouTube
“However, this year has been very interesting for me. Powder, I also have it Laughing BuddhaDue to decomposition, And Uttarakhand to look forward to. Whenever I face an obstacle in films, I always think of this ups and downs reality of cycling and motivate myself to be patient for the best times. Cycling is a kind of spiritual activity for me,” he says.
Powder It has an ensemble cast of Rangayana Raghu, Gopalkrishna Deshpande, Nagabhushan, Sharmila Mandre and Dhanya Ramkumar. “It was a wonderful experience working with these actors,” says Diganta. “The director didn’t have to work too hard to create humour. Be it Rangayana Raghu or Nagabhushan, they are very comfortable doing comedy. They understood the basic idea of the scene and enhanced it with their brilliant comic timing.”
Trailer Powder It shows the main characters running to get a container full of ‘talcum powder’ (drugs), which is said to be worth Rs 400 crore. Powder Written by Deepak Venkatesh and jointly produced by KRG Studios and TVF Pictures, the film marks TVF’s first foray into feature films.
Diganth says, “TVF is very popular in the web series space. They are also known for their short comedy skits on YouTube. We got a lot of inputs from TVF on the evolving nature of the comedy genre.”
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The actor hopes Powder This would lead to a series of feel-good comedies in the Kannada film industry, such as the golden period in the late 2000s when Diganth starred in several well-made romantic comedies such as Galipata, Manasare, And Five coloured. Because of Diganta’s boyish looks and fair complexion he was named “Doodh Peda” Diganta.
Actor Diganth | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
“When director Yograj Bhat first met me on the sets of the film, he thought I was a North Indian. Mungaru male!” he says, laughing. Diganth did a cameo in the 2006 superhit romantic drama starring Ganesh and Pooja Gandhi. “Many people thought I didn’t look Kannada. I remember Yogaraj Bhatt giving me the script of the film and asking if I knew how to read Kannada. I laughed and said I am a boy from Tirthahalli and I am a Kannada boy. Sure! Kannadiga,” recalls Diganta.
However, Diganth’s career has been intermittent due to injuries and script selection. In a freak accident, the actor suffered a serious eye injury when his co-star Amyra accidentally threw a stiletto at him while performing a scene during the shooting of a Hindi film ticket to hollywood In 2017, The injury-prone actor also suffered a cervical spine injury when he fell off a trampoline while holidaying in Goa in 2022. He had also shot portions of Bachelor party The vein in his left leg had burst.
“These major injuries have been life-changing. After I injured my eye, I couldn’t do anything for two years. My mental health was badly affected as I couldn’t do what I loved: cinema and adventure activities. After recovering, I decided to take up cycling and other forms of exercise. Since then, fitness has become an integral part of my life,” he said.
