Being Outsider and facing nepotism?
It was a difficult task and it took me 7-8 years to reach the same ‘room’ as them. But I feel proud about that because it makes me believe I can do anything. If I can reach here, I can do so much more looking ahead.
In every producer and director’s list – films are getting made for me, I’m not just an ‘option’ anymore.
Allegation of being unprofessional?
Besharam toh mai hu. Zaroori bhi hai. It’s important to be vocal. While the casting is going on for a film, and they want to go in a different zone, I try to take them into my zone sometimes. And it has happened also.
You stole Akshay Kumar’s Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2?
I didn’t steal it, I am a big fan of Akshay Kumar. These calls are taken by directors/producers…they decide who will headline the film. Like Spiderman, Batman, James Bond change….it is the call of directors and producers.
Why Akshay’s films? Hera Pheri, Housefull, you’re taking it all!
Mai lena nai chahta, but they get offered to me. Producers, and directors feel that I’ll be able to shoulder the sequel. They know how professional I am and how creatively involved I’ll be in the project.
It’s not like all sequels work. In most sequels, there’s a lot of pressure, but be it horror-comedy or romance, filmmakers think I’ll be able to blend into these films. And that’s why I get offered sequels.
BB2 is a Superhit, but you copied Akshay Kumar?
Acchi ki (copy) ya….?
I did the film in my own style, even the song was done in Rooh Baba style. I do it my way. The public verdict is final. The love I received for BB2, be it kids or adults…. they would co-splay as Rooh Baba, it was fun for me!
But I never want to copy anyone, I will try to do it my own way and go by the genre.
