Actord Divya Dutta, Ronit Roy and Shweta Basu Prasad talk about their favourite moments from their latest outing, the crime thriller Hostages 2 that premiered on Hotstar Specials last week.
Talking about her best scene from the series Divya Dutta said, “The final face off of my character, Ayesha Khan with Prithvi Singh (Ronit Roy) is definitely my favorite. That is a very important moment from a negotiator’s perspective because we were constantly in touch throughout the season talking on phone without knowing who the actual person is behind the receiver. So when we finally meet, the scene has so many layers to it because we are saying something, and gauging something else. It is a multilayer scene and Ronit is such a fabulous actor, that I loved doing that scene with him. This extremely dramatic scene comes during the pre-climax and adds a lot to the tension in the series as well as the equation of Prithvi and Aayesha and hence I feel it’s a brilliant one.”
Talking about his best scene from the series Dino Morea said, “A lot of my scenes have been meticulously constructed but my personal favorite is when my character Ranbir has a final face off with Prithvi (Ronit Roy). The intensity of the moment, where they both come from different stories and are negative in a way come together, culminates to the final climax and is very special to me. When two tough guys come face to face, a lot goes down and the entire show comes to a crescendo at that moment.”
Talking about her best scene from the series, Shweta Basu Prasad said, “As an actor, the entire shooting experience and series was special, but when I binge watched the season, as an audience I really loved the scene between Handa and Sabha. CM Handa is Sabha’s father, though he hasn’t even been there with her; he is her biological father. There is something innately human about that scene, even though it is slightly awkward. What I liked the most about Hostages is that everybody is a hostage of a situation, at the end of the day it’s a story of a family and how they overcome this situation.”
Having reneged on his deal to kill Chief Minister Handa, Prithvi Singh now plans to transport the CM out of the country. A turn of events takes place resulting in a firefight that attracts the attention of the police leading to Prithvi and his group being trapped in an abandoned house surrounded by the entire task force including his successor Dutt and negotiator Ayesha. Dutt wants to raid the house and get the hostages out while Ayesha wants to negotiate with the hostiles in order to ensure the safety of the hostages. Meanwhile, Prithvi’s new plan is to get his wife Sabha’s bone marrow transplant operation inside the abandoned building and somehow escape through the sewers. But all roads lead to an explosive climax where, in a race against time, sacrifices are made to uncover the truth and Prithvi is forced to make hard choices to save his family.