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“I feel happy that I am being honoured for doing films of my own liking.”
“Often when I feel I am reaching a saturation point in my performances, I think of coming back to NSD and attending workshops.”
“I am from a family of farmers from Budhana near Muzaffarnagar.”
“I have fallen in love so many times. If one relationship ended, I would search for another girl. I was always madly in love with all the girls that I dated.”
“Kabir Khan is a director who goes out of his way to make his actors comfortable. He's very chilled out. He makes the environment on set very casual and friendly.”
“Muzaffarnagar is 40 kilometers from my village. So I used to see films if I was able to save money and on special occasions like Eid, Diwali.”
“Before 'Raman Raghav 2.0,' I played a criminal in 'Badlapur.' Though the character was innocent, he was not correctly interpreted by some sections of the audience.”
“How long will we keep making films where hero-heroine is dancing around trees?”
“For me, as an actor, there is no commercial or independent or art cinema. For me, it's a character that is given by the director. And it is a task for me that I have to fulfill it to the best of my ability regardless of the kind of film that it is.”
“There is nothing called negative character. The negativity and positivity exists in all of us.”
“You will never see me dancing around the trees, chasing a heroine; I will never do films, no matter what the budget, for the heck of it.”
“I am doing characters that have so many layers. And I am very lucky that I show a lot of variety.”
“The difference between an actor and a star is the budget and the overall presentation of a film.”
“After graduating from National School of Drama, I started doing theatre in Delhi. But there was not much money in Hindi theatre.”
“I won't give the credit to 'good fortune.' Whatever I have achieved is because of my hard work and passion.”
“As far as Raman Raghav is concerned, he is ruthless.”
“I was fortunate enough to get an author-backed role in Aamir Khan starrer 'Talash.'”
“I grew fond of acting rather late. And that was because I was not getting any job. I had a few friends in Delhi who were associated with theater. They took me to see some plays in Delhi and Baroda. That led me to believe the I could also act. And it was after that I joined National School of Drama in 1993.”
“A big blockbuster like 'Kick' expands the audience for my films and makes it easier to promote them.”
“Like the way we get to know about the society of Korea, Iran, and other countries through their films, people will get to know about our country. Our films are a mirror of our society.”