The man who has waited patiently for long for Rang Rasiya to hit the theatres, is elated as its release date nears. What’s more? Randeep Hooda is all upbeat about his new film Sahib, Biwi Aur Gangster, which hit the cinemas this Friday.
This Jat from Haryana is a man of few words. Ask him about the kind of characters he wants to play, and he answers candidly, “Being a Jat, I definitely want to play more earthy roles. The idea is to delve into the character completely and bring out the best in it. There is a dearth of rustic actors in our industry.”
Randeep, who plays a gangster of love, says he loved his character. “I play a guy who has a complex about being from the lower strata of society and about not being hip and cool. He is a student who gets into violent fights, so to run away from them he enters the sahib’s house and falls for this girl (Mahie Gill) but she drives him to fulfil her own ambitions. He is the most gullible character in the movie. It was fun playing this character for sure.”
Brushing aside rumours about his alleged argument with the film’s director about Mahie hogging the spotlight during promotions, Randeep confirms, “All of us really get along well. And we had some crazy times on the sets. There was this one time when Mahie got really drunk on the sets and the next day, Jimmy and I made up stories to tease her. Shooting Sahib, Biwi Aur Gangster was good fun and there are no quarrels.”
With not many projects lined up in the near future, Randeep refuses to talk about the ones that are in the loop.
However, since we don’t see much of Randeep on the big screen, is it because he is very choosy about the kind of directors he wants to work with?
“I’m not very choosy about it. But I would love to work with Anurag Kashyap, Vishal Bharadwaj, Farhan Akhtar, Vishram Sawant and others who give me edgy roles. In fact, Vishram and I are looking forward to a project very soon,” he says.
This actor, who initially felt that the small screen is too small for him, has now changed his mind. Not that we’ll see him on television anytime soon, he clarifies, “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with television, but I would never want to be a part of a show where my real life is under the scanner. I think there’s a mystery about actors that should always remain intact. I’m not available for public presumptions 24/7.”