Actor Aditya Seal recently appeared in the historical web series Empire, which is inspired by Alex Rutherford’s book Muggle: Raiders from the North. The series ran into controversy, with a section of the audience demanding a ban on it, accusing the makers of glorifying the Islamic invader Babur. Aditya, who plays Babur’s son Humayun in the show, says there was no need to protest as the show was ultimately based on events from history.
“First of all, the show is based on the book and we had mentioned that we have taken some liberties. We didn’t say we were completely glued to the book, we took inspiration from the book. If anyone has a problem with us making a show on Mughals, please go back and change history,” Aditya tells News18 during an interaction.
“Basically, it’s something that happened. Now neither you nor I can change that. So if I’m showing a piece of history, look at it that way and nothing else. People are still going through the Second World War.” But we are making films. Border is one of the biggest films of the country. In such cases no one talks of glorifying war. Here we are not even glorifying it, we are just showing what happened It is,” says Aditya.
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There are strong rumors of a possible Season 2 of Empire, but Aditya says nothing has been discussed yet. “We haven’t talked about season 2, but judging by the response it would be silly not to have one. If that happens, Humayun will take over the throne and then the drama will start. It’s a bit scary and disturbing for me. Because I have to play Humayun’s character Kunal (Kapoor) in a very different way than Babar. He has done a fantastic job and I don’t want to compare. He looks big, he looks like Badshah. I am a little younger, and I don’t want to compare. I have to work on different aspects of the character,” elaborates Aditya.
After starting his acting career with films like Tum Bin 2 and Student Of The Year 2, Aditya is happy to be able to do diverse roles across different platforms. His next film is even more exciting – he stars in a horror comedy dance drama directed by choreographer Bosco Martis.
“I have completed a film called Rocket Gang, which is Bosco’s directorial debut. It’s a dance horror comedy, a strange amalgamation but Bosco sir has managed to pull it off. It’s something I heard about. And I was a little skeptical. I said, How are you planning to pull this off? But his vision was very clear. He knew what he was going to do. I don’t know what he’s going to do with comedy. How about doing horror and dancing, but they have done a fantastic job. Of course it will not be an exorcism, it will be like a Disney film, catering to the younger generation,” explains Aditya.
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