How listening to Frank Sinatra, Punjabi folk music helped Vedang Raina prep for his Main Vaapas Aaunga role | Exclusive
In what has been a very brief acting career, Vedang Raina has attempted to be diverse with his roles. He played an Anglo-Indian teen in his debut, Zoya Akhtar’s The Archies, following it up with a young Indian on death row in a foreign nation in Vasan Bala’s Jigra. His next, Main Vaapas Aaunga, sees him play a youngster from rural Punjab in pre-Partition times. In a chat with Hindustan Times, Vedang opens up on the character and his preparation for it. Vedang Raina in a still from Imtiaz Ali’s Main Vaapas Aaunga. Vedang Raina on Main Vaapas Aaunga Main Vaapas Aaunga is a love story set in two timelines. Vedang and Sharvari play a young couple separated by the Partition. Talking about playing someone from a different era, he says, “There was a bit more reserve (in people of that time). The character is farthest from who I am, as a person, in many ways. That was already exciting enough for me.” The preparation for playing someone from the 1940s was interesting for Vedang. …
