Amit Sial On Playing SIT Chief In The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Series: ‘It Is Enriching'
Amit Sial plays the role of D.R. Kaarthikeyan, SIT chief in The Hunt – The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case.
It has been over three decades since a blast in Sriperumbudur claimed the life of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. In the follow-up events, the hunt for the killer took over frenzied columns in the newspapers as the Special Investigation Team started examining the evidence gathered from the site. At that time, the investigators got their first lead about the plot hatched by LTTE militants, supporting further in the probe. Based on Anirudhya Mitra's book 90 Days, award-winning filmmaker Nagesh Kukunoor has dug deep into the political archive, delivering The Hunt – The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case.
The seven-episode thriller series traces the investigation that unfolded after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. It will also focus on how the SIT team races against time to uncover the conspiracy and track down the lead mastermind.
Amit Sial On Portraying SIT Chief
Actor Amit Sial, who is seen in the lead role of CBI officer DR Kaarthikeyan (SIT Chief), recently opened up about his experience of portraying the character. Speaking to the Mathrubhumi English, Sial disclosed how he prepared for the character and said, 'I didn't have too much time on hand from the time I was offered the series to the time it was going on the floors to search for the investigation a lot but I did my research and looked up Dr Kaarthikeyan's life a lot I write and watched a lot of about him through interviews online what I gather doubt that that is the man who has been given this humongous task."
Describing his experience as very unusual and exhilarating, Sial said the character brought him a lot of responsibilities and also restricted him at the same time, saying, 'I can't do my thing; I'm playing somebody else."
Amit Sial also spoke about his own perspective on the assassination case as he took on the role of SIT chief. 'I was relatively aware of the case as it happened when I was 16 years old. In the following years, I kept reading about it here and there. There were a lot of talks about the care and the one behind the crime. To be able to extract the truth from the kind of darkness, the investigation was very labour-intensive."
Besides Sial, other actors in key roles are Sahil Vaid, Vidyut Garg and Shafeeq Mustafa. The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case is currently streaming on SonyLIV.
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