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Since I got into acting, I always wanted to play a bad guy.
I am from Jammu, but I studied in Chandigarh in sports quota.
No matter who you are, you must wear proper gear while driving.
I am happy with my work and I think my hard work didn't get wasted.
When people pay money to watch films, they also expect good movie in return.
If a character artiste accepts too many small roles his career dies a slow death.
Ashish Sharma and I are close friends and we share a very good bond on and off sets.
Being from Jammu, I always saw Delhi as this big city where everyone would want to be.
I have my own lifestyle. I have to have time to my family and that's one of my top priorities.
Villains are as important as the hero. Without the right villain, the hero isn't heroic enough.
My love for cricket, body-building and martial arts later helped me in modeling and then acting.
I never like to keep people waiting; it gives a wrong impression about my personality if I am late.
I've grown up in Jammu, but have been to Kashmir earlier and have seen a different side to the Valley.
I was always interested in Ravana, for he had his own ways. He had a great respect and was God-fearing.
When you're playing a character in a movie, you can add your own touch to it and modify it to suit your style.
When you come to the South industry, they know that you don't know the language but it never becomes a barrier.
When we burn the Ravana, we are symbolically destroying the evil in our society. We need to remember this after the Ramleela is over.
I was in Fiji for some years. From there I went over to New Zealand to work as a store manager. But I was modeling for various companies at the same time.
This I realized very late, that villain remains villain and are never able to become artists. We are never counted as actors and always addressed as villains.
I felt ashamed while saying Bulla's dialogues! There was a mixed feeling of shame and guilt, and I constantly questioned myself why I was doing this in the first place.
In today's time, when there is so much competition, they must not only focus on the characters of antagonists or protagonists, it is better for them to be good actors first.
I played Sanjay Dutt's role in 'Son of Sardar' in a Kannad film. But because roles aren't being discussed and published that much people tend to think that I am doing only negative roles.
Ravana isn't the usual villain. He is smart, has a personality, and has shades of grey which make him a complex character. There is versatility in the role and I plan to maximize on that.
When I agreed to play Ravana, I only had one condition that I get to modify the dialogues. One has to maintain the purity of the text, but the dramatization and the emotion behind it can be toyed with.
Being an actor, and a villain for various movies, I've played all parts of Ravana's persona already. But as familiar as all these parts of it may seem, playing Ravana is a different ball game altogether.
We, at one point, had such great villains with shades of grey and a compelling story around them. But Bollywood did see a decline when villains were nothing but aimless goons who had no real purpose to them.
I was the vice-captain of Government College, Chandigarh, and around the same time, Kapil Dev was also representing his college. I knew his close friend very well, and I really respected his achievements when he started playing for the country.
'Sarfarosh' has made people realize that I can act. This film has made me grow as an actor. There was a general impression among the people that I can only play a bad guy without any dialogues. But this film has given me a break and I have proved myself as an actor.