And now, we’re connected to Abhay

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The Deol men may be known for their macho image and loud histrionics, but Abhay Deol marches to a different beat. His offbeat choice in films has helped him carve a distinct identity in Bollywood, but Abhay says he hasn’t deliberately stayed away from “commercial flicks”. “I may have been selective about the kind of films I do, but then every actor is drawn towards a certain genre, and his body of work definitely reflects what appeals to his sensibilities,” the actor says.
Abhay has been equally choosy with his latest project — the TV show Connected Hum Tum. Abhay says the non-fiction series was a pleasant change from the plethora of saas-bahu sagas on the small screen: “Just as I associate myself more comfortably with offbeat films, I found this show also hatke to the core! The idea of six women minutely shooting their own lives and baring their souls on camera for national audiences is a first.”
Connected Hum Tum has brought together six women with very different life stories and Abhay will work closely with them. His thoughts on the fairer sex are sure to get him an even greater female fan following. “Women constitute half our world. They colour the fabric of our everyday lives. We deal with them as mothers, sisters, girlfriends, wives or colleagues at work. Women have a natural instinct to give, care, love and nurture,” he says.
Moving away from the small screen to his Bollywood projects, Abhay will be seen in the Dhanush-Sonam Kapoor starrer Raanjhanaa and in his home production One By Two.
“I play a university student who is very ambitious about chalking out a career in politics and he passionately chases that goal just as Dhanush’s character is in pursuit of Sonam,” he says of his pivotal cameo in Raanjhanaa. He has also wrapped up work on One by Two, in which he’ll be seen with real-life girlfriend Preeti Desai. “It’s about how the universe conspires to bring two people together,” he tells us.