Mumbai, Nov 24 (PTI): Reinventing at the age of 60 is an exciting challenge for Bollywood star Suniel Shetty, who is trying to regale his fans through diverse choices.
The actor, popular for hit 1990s and 2000s films such as “Balwaan”, “Mohra”, “Border”, the “Hera Pheri” franchise, “Refugee” and “Main Hoon Na”, said while he continues to be a committed artist, going ahead he would only associate with “well-made” projects.
Over the years, he has realised the importance of keeping up with the times.
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“My choices have been wrong and so my audience (has) disappeared on me. Now, I am trying to reinvent and make sure I play roles that suit me, I am 61 and I will play such roles.
“I do not have the excitement to do more films. But I am still committed as an actor, I will do films that are good and well-made,” the actor, whose last Hindi film was 2017’s “A Gentleman”, told PTI in an interview.
Terming himself a “far wiser” person today, Shetty is working on reinventing himself and this includes appearances in South movies like “Pailwaan”, “Darbar”, “Ghani”, and “Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea”.
“I know my audience loves me but will they pay money to watch me? I will have to answer that question through content. I am reinventing myself. I am learning and understanding things,” he said.
“Earlier, I would pay attention to the story, music, action, etc, and that time even though Suniel Shetty was a bad dancer but I had the best music as I would sit on every music sitting,” he recalled.
Citing the example of his upcoming film “File 323”, the actor said he is looking forward to playing a principal character who plans to bring back the fugitives to the country.
“I am excited as it is a performance role, there are different shades. I read the script four times up and down, look at the logic in (the story), discuss things with the director and play the part with honesty,” he said, describing his process.
