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Aparshakti Khurana: I would love to work on a biopic based on Fauja Singh

Aparshakti Khurana exclusively talks to CineBlitz about his journey in Bollywood so far, the kind of film he would love to do and how it feels to be a recognised face

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Aparshakti Khurana Talking about his journey

From being a radio jockey to anchoring to proving his mettle as a character actor in Bollywood, Aparshakti Khurana has indeed come a long way professionally. Apart from impressing the audience with his roles, the talented actor even managed to get noticed amongst the stars that shine bright in their films and that’s one big reason why Aparshakti has become so popular in such a short span of time. Currently, his film Luka Chuppi is running successfully in theatres and though he is playing a supporting role in the film, the 31-year-old has yet again delivered an impressive performance. So we caught up the actor and had a candid conversation with him wherein he spoke about his film journey and revealed how he chooses his films and what kind of equation he shares with his actor brother Ayushmann Khurrana. Read on to know all the deets!

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You have become popular and now people recognise you. How does that feel?
It took a while but the wait was worth it. I am satisfied with the way the audience has accepted me and whatever I have done so far. Be it radio, acting, anchoring and I hope people keep showering their love on me. I am grateful for the acceptance I have received and I know it is very difficult to get it from the audience. Touchwood, the universe has been kind!

You and Pankaj Tripathi are being appreciated for your performances in recently released Luka Chuppi. Do you think that writers have begun writing meatier roles for supporting parts as well?
I think in the current scheme of things, people are just writing scripts with good intentions. Earlier they were written only for the pieces. I won’t say they have now started writing for these characters; they now have genuinely started writing good scripts with a good world. Before they were only written keeping in mind the lead couple. But now a world is created. That is the kind of cinema we have entered into, that is the kind of paradigm shift we have managed to crack which is only for the betterment of the filmmaking, the craft, and the fraternity and even for the audience to come and watch a genuine world. So thankfully that has happened. Everyone including the audience, actors and the makers have become more mature and organic which is also one of the main reasons for this shift.

How do you choose your roles? What’s the process?
I just go and choose the world actually; if I would have chosen my roles they would have had lengths maybe then.  And frankly speaking, I have been able to choose the right worlds so far.

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Is there ever a fear of going unnoticed amongst the many faces in one frame? Considering you have done a few ensemble films?
Not really. Whenever you make a decision with all your honesty and good intention, I don’t think so good is so unfair on us. You choose a character on the bases of the people you are working with, how good is the character you are playing and so on. So a character only becomes better when people around him want to be. All the actors I have collaborated with are not insecure and are true to their craft. The fear only strikes in when the people around you are insecure, making you insecure and the chain continues.

Will we get to see you dance in your upcoming film Street Dancer 3D?
Unfortunately not! Initially, I joined the project thinking I will get to dance because I have a bit of a dancer inside me. And to my bad luck, my character is the only non-dancer in the film. So maybe I will have to wait a little more to dance in films.

You have had a long journey till here. How difficult was it to get in?
The preparation time was way too much but I think it is always better if you are better prepared. From the time I was preparing, it automatically went on becoming good. Maybe I wasn’t ready back then so god did not give me the opportunity. Now I am better so I am getting the opportunity to work with good actors and filmmakers. So I won’t complain. Things are just meant to be when they are meant to be. I came to Mumbai after eight years of completing my education. But I won’t ever regret those eight years and being in the radio which made me meet some amazing people who helped me a lot.

What about the anchoring phase?
Oh, I have so many beautiful memories from those days working for a food show. People who saw me back then know that I was the same up-tempo, jumpy guy which I am right now. Even today, I tell my agency that can’t we crack a good food travel show. I really want to go back and do that. I am sure I will get something pretty soon on the radio or a show and go back to those days and have fun.

Aparshakti with brother Ayushmann khurrana
Does being Ayushmann Khurrana’s brother puts you under pressure in some way? The thought that you have to live up to something, does that ever cross your mind?
As I said about having fear, the same applies here. Till the time my brother pressurizes me himself or he says something, I don’t think so anything can affect me. He is a typical older brother who has a check on my discipline, who corrects me just like all the elder ones do irrespective of the fact that they are actors or not.

Do you guys sit around the table and critic each other’s films?
We do that all the time! That is the main reason for my good grab in my space and his in his space. We constantly give each other instant reality checks. Be it scripts, songs, clothes, we keep on advising each other all the time. We are not the brothers who will keep praising each other.

Who are the directors you want to work with and what are the types of films you would love to do?
I would love to work with Anurag Kashyap, Vikram Aditya Motwane and apart from them Sharat Katariya is someone I really want to work with.  If you ask me about the films, I would love to work on; it will be a biopic on Fauja Singh. I think me and Ayush Bhaiya would really fit well in a biopic on The Wadali Brothers because we both have music in us and he has a lot of it.

 

Photo Courtesy: Gaurav Batra

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