Kay Kay Doesn’t Cross The Line

“Don’t call me a star,” retorts Kay Kay Menon, because he believes that a star can be “made” but an actor is “born”. It is this belief that had once pushed an adman to pursue his career in silver screen. And, the Indian film industry received one of its finest actors in the form of Kay Kay Menon. Kay Kay doesn’t take the baggage of working on the back story even if he is doing a Shakespeare. He makes the interpretation of the writer and the director his operating table. In a recently released Ray anthology, he plays the role of Indrashish Saha in a short film called, Bahurupi (Impersonator). “The only thing I did was read the interpretation that my director Srijit Mukherji had,” he says. His method of emphasising the vision of the director makes Kay Kay a great fit for any kind of character he plays. Had he started his career...