

What’s the big deal, you may argue? Well, in Bollywood, when actors break up, it makes headlines! Especially when an actor admitted to having a crush on them. The first was Varun Dhawan’s mother Laali Dhawan displaying interest in finding him a suitable marriage,’ while the second was him and Ananya Panday being photographed in the corner of Neha Dhupia’s selfie while conversing. (This article was first published in the February issue of Entrepreneur Magazine.Two events involving the Bollywood star Aditya Roy Kapoor grabbed headlines. He is totally the new action hero on the block! 2020 looks promising for him with Mohit Suri's Malang that has just hit the screens followed by Mahesh Bhatt's Sadak 2 and Anurag Basu's Ludo. The chiseled actor is back and all set for his second innings. The ideal thing would be to try and maintain an equilibrium through all the highs and lows. I can find satisfaction from them in the lows and the time I spend away from filming. I have other interests that I derive joy from, I love sport, travelling, different things that that can engage me. "I can't take work if I'm just not 100% convinced about wanting to do that thing just for the sake of work. He has taken self-imposed sabbaticals, dealt with lows, simply because he finds satisfaction in other things too. What makes him interesting is a simple fact that he ain't like your usual heroes but his perfected sculptured face tells you another story. The only thing to him is that he loves being on set and working on with different teams on films. The thing with the films is that it's beyond your control. It has informed me and and and enriched me in some way or the other." I feel I've learned a lot from every filming process, every director, every character I've played. A lot of them haven't done well one could say, they were mistakes but I don't regret having done any one of them.

"At that time all those movies seemed right and I could never have said no to. Some would blame the director or the scripts he picked but he has no rue. Aashiqui 2 gave Bollywood a new passionate lover but then came the rocky road. Followed by some notable roles in Guzaarish and Action Replay. He gave an audition for 'London Dreams' and got a role. I interviewed half of the film industry before I got into it," he said.Īcting followed in a similar pattern.

I did that for four and a half years and I loved it. My mom told me you better take this up because you're doing damn all with your life, you might as well be constructive in some way so I reluctantly took the job. I wasn't even trying to take the job but I wasn't doing anything that time. I happened to be called for an audition that I went for. The talented actor started as a VJ under the tutelage of Lola Kutty and still remembers wearing a t-shirt that clearly stated 'Trainee VJ'.
