Wamiqa Gabbi on Jubilee, “Got into the skin of the character by watching popular films of 50s and 60s” 50 : Bollywood News

Wamiqa Gabbi on Jubilee, “Got into the skin of the character by watching popular films of 50s and 60s”

Wamiqa Gabbi said that she jumped at the opportunity to play a character from a period era in Amazon Prime Video's Jubilee.

Vikramaditya Motwane’s upcoming web show Jubilee is a period drama set against the backdrop of the Hindi film industry. The series explores life in the film industry in the 1940s. Along with Aparshakti Khurana, Aditi Rao Hydari, Prosenjit Chatterjee and Ram Kapoor, it also stars the young actress Wamiqa Gabbi in a pivotal role.

Wamiqa Gabbi on Jubilee, “Got into the skin of the character by watching popular films of 50s and 60s”

The actress jumped at the opportunity to star in the Amazon Prime Video show because she always wanted to work in a period drama. She said in a statement, “I have always been a fan of period drama films, especially from the black and white era. There was a time when I used to enjoy such films with my entire family on Doordarshan. When Jubilee was offered to me, I jumped at the offer. It was like reminiscing about the good old days.”

Throwing light on how she prepared to play a character from the bygone era, Wamiqa added, “I got into the skin of the character in Jubilee by watching popular films between the 50s and 60s to take references from the actresses of that time. The soul of the character is completely mine, so that it does not look like a caricature. However, with context to their body language, facial expressions and dialogue delivery. A lot of actresses from that era inspired me.”

With Jubilee, Vikramaditya Motwane will be returning as a director after three years after he made AK vs AK for Netflix. It was a semi-biographical thriller starring Anil Kapoor and Anurag Kashyap.

Jubilee will be streamed on Amazon Prime Video from April 7 onwards.

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