Fatima Sana Shaikh expressed there’s always a sense of identity working in South Films and its about rediscovering her craft through various workshops. The work and efforts one puts in on the sets is not immediately reflected on the screen. She says acting after a period of time can get mechanical without one realising it. She also expressed she would not like to get too comfortable as there is always a challenge involved that helps you grow.
Recently the actress swapped her acting with acting studies by attending workshops at Adishakti Laboratory for Theatre Arts in Puducherry. She described her experience as a self-discovery for the craft. Sana shared that it helped her break from the comfort zone and keep herself from getting mechanical in her acting skills. She has never been the performer to take a predictable route of acting in her film career.
Talking about why she got herself into attending the workshop, she expressed that for the first time she felt the connection with the way one can look at acting. The workshop helped her a lot and lot of what she learnt at the workshop will stay on with her and if she does get a break again, she will feel like going back to it to understand it better and how she can represent all of it.
Fatima Sana Shaikh also expressed her genuine curiosity towards South Film Industry. She believes there is so much more exciting work happening across South and as an actor that’s incredibly inspiring says the actress. She mentioned she admires the storytelling is rooted whether it’s an intimate film or a film made on a much larger scale there is always a strong sense of identity. The stories seem connected with the culture and never disconnected with the people, the place they are coming from and that is something she finds beautiful in South films, the way they are made.
She further expressed she would like to be a part of that kind of storytelling.
Speaking about the workshops, she continued that the days were packed and they would start early hours of Kalari. This would follow by eye exercises and long sessions of exploring emotions. After that was a breathwork, music, voice and rhythm. The training would go on for over nine hours every day for about ten days. She expressed those moments were precious as she felt she was out of her comfort zone but she enjoyed the phase and that’s the part she learnt the most in her training at the workshop.
The workshop kept her pretty busy to think of anything else while she also explored the cafes and restaurants in Puducherry and managed to watch a film in the theatre! She expressed during the process of the workshop, as a student and not an actress she felt it humbled her and you are constantly in and out of your comfort zone making you realise who you are and there’s no hierarchy. Every one is a learner at the workshop, making mistakes and starting again. When you let go of your own ideas of how certain things should have been it humbles you and you are open to learning much more.
Sana stated that for someone who believes that acting is a skill that needs practice, she said its more mechanical without even realising it and as an actor one tends to finish one film and jump into another. Repeating the little things in every film then there are chances your performance becomes stale. The Workshop help you to break that pattern. It also sparks up the curiosity to learn something new and explore it further, and she believes that’s what works to keep an actor growing.
Earlier this year, Sana Shaikh attended the training programme at Natana Kairali in Irinjalakuda in Kerala. She revealed that she returned with a different experience from both the workshops she attended. The workshop in Kerala gave her a deep sense of appreciation to our traditional performances and practices while the approach at Adishakti, the teachings which she could resonate with herself. The tools they use give you to stay with you and become a part of you and you can keep practicing it as an actor every day.
Fatima Sana Shaikh expressed that both experiences were unique in its own ways and that they were valuable but Adishakiti is a place that she knows she will to keep going back to.
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