Irrfan-Diya kiss for intensity!
MEDHA SHRI, TNN 2 September 2009, 12:00am IST
Irrfan Khan says that he’s been trying, since he started acting, to avoid being typecast.
And he seems to have been able to do something completely out of his usual character this time around! How else would you justify his presence on a reality show like Roadies? “I love adventure. I love travelling. I’m becoming a part of the show to promote healthy challenge. I will introduce some twist and turns that will make it a mental and physical challenge.” he says, adding, “My son was thrilled to know that I was getting associated with the show, I’m doing this for him.”
Well, while the actor steps into the realm of reality TV, his real-like portrayal of reel characters have always been talked about. And having made a name for himself, is there a role that he wants to play now? “There are so many characters that I would like to play, but right now I would want to play a romantic character,” he says, breaking away from the image that he has of a serious actor. “As a child I grew up watching romantic films, that romance I thought was not real. I’m talking about the romance that movies in earlier times used to show, that rosy romance. I grew up watching those rosy romances on screen that stayed with me. And now, I want to portray that on screen. I would want to play a character in a rosy romance,” he elaborates.
Talking of romance and romantic gestures, we ask him about the kiss he allegedly planted on Diya Mirza’s lips recently while shooting for a film, when the script only required him to kiss her on the cheek. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he says nonchalantly, but adds, “I don’t remember this incident, but I think intensity dikhane ke liye aisa hua hoga shayad!”
Irrfan is known to have done a large number of Hollywood films, and his next one with Mallika Sherawat playing a snake woman has already created a lot of buzz, so is he apprehensive of Mallika stealing the limelight from him, in her quintessential style? “I don’t think Mallika can steal the limelight here,” but she has done that in the past, we remind him. “That’s her game, I’m not bothered. I communicate something deeper to the audience, it has a recall value,” stresses Irrfan. And does he think that the SRK detention episode at a US India ’s face in Hollywood
Well, while the actor steps into the realm of reality TV, his real-like portrayal of reel characters have always been talked about. And having made a name for himself, is there a role that he wants to play now? “There are so many characters that I would like to play, but right now I would want to play a romantic character,” he says, breaking away from the image that he has of a serious actor. “As a child I grew up watching romantic films, that romance I thought was not real. I’m talking about the romance that movies in earlier times used to show, that rosy romance. I grew up watching those rosy romances on screen that stayed with me. And now, I want to portray that on screen. I would want to play a character in a rosy romance,” he elaborates.
Talking of romance and romantic gestures, we ask him about the kiss he allegedly planted on Diya Mirza’s lips recently while shooting for a film, when the script only required him to kiss her on the cheek. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he says nonchalantly, but adds, “I don’t remember this incident, but I think intensity dikhane ke liye aisa hua hoga shayad!”
Irrfan is known to have done a large number of
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