Mohammad Ali Baig on playing diverse roles on stage and digital screen
The Hindu
The theatre personality played a hippie sporting ear studs and a nose ring in the web series ‘In The Name of God’
From enacting prince Quli donning royal robes on stage to playing Rossie, a hippie sporting ear studs and a nose ring on the digital screen, Hyderabad-based theatre personality Mohammad Ali Baig expands his oeuvre as an actor and as he debuts in the new Telugu web series In the Name of God, which is streaming on AHA. The Priyadarshi-starrer, directed by Vidyasaagar Muthukumar, may have opened to mixed response from the audience, but Baig’s ‘untidy role’ has been recognised. “ I have been receiving compliments on Instagram,” exults Baig, over a phone call. Baig and veteran filmmaker Suresh Krissna, who produced the series, have wanted to work together for a long time. “We share a mutual respect and bond but he didn’t know where to place me in,” says Baig. “Rossie is an antagonist but not a villain; he has run away from Israel and strayed into Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh. He speaks Telugu (with a different accent), gets people hooked to weed and is also the guy who turns the protagonist into an antagonist,” he explains his character.More Related News