He stands for the counter-note in politics, sport, cinema, life. Meet Rahul Bose, Voice Hunter

Rahul Bose has been part of our popular imagination for years – at once an insider and an outlier.

He’s been called the “Sean Penn of oriental cinema” and “the superstar of Indian arthouse cinema”; he’s relentlessly picked movies of meaning over means; and he’s committed himself relentlessly to passions that have no obvious payoff.

But it is in his commitment to having a voice – in art, in sport, in matters of conscience – that Rahul most distinguishes himself from his contemporaries; his films, from Mr and Mrs Iyer to English, August, to Chameli run counter-narrative to the norm; and outside of his cinematic, sport and theatre commitment, he throws his weight behind a host of commitments: tsunami survivors; issues of child sexual abuse; climate change; the Narmada Bachao Andolan.

In this candid, witty, insightful conversation, the outspoken actor decodes his choices, and why he’s not cut out to be mainstream.

Watch the full session above.