Saif Ali TANDAV, the actor who will be seen as an ambitious second generation politician in Tandav, says that his own privileged upbringing made him a good casting choice for the show.
Saif’s upcoming show Tandav was shot at his palace in Pataudi. While Saif allows film crews to rent the outdoor area, this is the first time that something has been shot inside the palace.
Actor Saif Ali Khan shot for his upcoming show Tandav at his own ancestral palace in Pataudi. Saif said that while he never allows film crews to shoot inside the property, he made an exception for Tandav.
Tandav is directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and stars Saif as an ambitious politician with his eyes at the Prime Minister’s chair. He belongs to a family of powerful leaders, therefore a palace-like house was a necessary requirement.
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Saif revealed how renting out the palace still makes him nervous. “I don’t mind giving it for shoots sometimes because it remains unused 340 days of the year. These days, film crews have become responsible and look after the venues, but [the idea of a shoot] still makes me nervous. Usually, I am more comfortable if they are filming around the exterior of the palace. But for Tandav, I made an exception [by shooting inside],” he said.
“I think it is the palace that lends us the royal look. Anyone standing there would look royal,” he added.
Earlier, talking about the palace, Saif had said, “It’s impossible to put a value to it in monetary terms because emotionally, the property is priceless. My grandparents and father are buried there, there’s security, serenity and a spiritual connection there for me. The land goes back by a few centuries, but the palace that my grandfather built for my grandmother is around a hundred years old.
He was the ruling monarch then, but since then, privy purses and titles have been abolished. These are different times which is why my father leased it out and Francis (Wacziarg) and Aman (Nath), who ran a hotel in the palace, took good care of the property and were like family. My mother (Sharmila Tagore) has a cottage there and she was always comfortable.”
Actor Saif Ali Khan will soon be seen playing a cut-throat politician in Ali Abbas Zafar’s upcoming web series, Tandav. In a new interview, Saif has talked about why he was the right choice for the role.
TANDAV Star and Crew
Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Zeeshan Ayub, Sunil Grover, Kritika Kamra, Kumud Mishra, Sara Jane Dias, Dino Morea, Gauahar Khan, Sandhya Mridul, Anup Soni, Paresh Pahuja, Shonali Nagrani, Hiten Tejwani, Amyra Dastur, Neha Hinge, Sukhmani Sadana and others. Created & Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar Produced by Himanshu Kishan Mehra & Ali Abbas Zafar Written by Gaurav Solanki Release Date – Jan 15, 2021, only on Amazon Prime Video