My dream role is the character played by Amitabh Bachchan in the movie Zanjeer”, shares a young Bollywood actor Asim Ali Khan.
The fun loving, a family man, the dashing, the guy next door Asim Ali Khan shares his voyage to success with The Pioneer. Hailing from the family of fankars in the world of classical music, Asim the city guy has made it large for himself in the Hindi film industry.
His latest movie ‘Kyun Hua Achanak’ hit the city theater screens on Friday. Notably, the movie is Asim’s second movie. It is the story of four people and their lives.
Asim played the character of a young boy who wanted to make big in his life. In the passion of achieving success, he reaches Mumbai, meets Hazel (Hazel Crowny) and then the journey begins. It also stars Kashmira Shah and Rajesh Shringarpure.
“I began my journey when I reached Mumbai with a dream to enter the B’ industry. After facing struggles, I began my career with the movie ‘Zindagi Tere Naam’ a romantic movie in 2012,” said Asim.
Noticeably, before signing Zindagi Tere Naam, Asim has done a cameo role opposite to Diya Mirza in the movie Dus in year 2005.
“It was really a pleasing experience for me to work with the top most actors of the industry. This was the first time when I faced the camera and experienced the nervousness an actor face during the first shot,” shares Asim.
Asim, with a passion not to give up joined theatres as well. He worked with the renowned and a distinguished theatre personality of the city Vibha Mishra. “I thought that I need to brush up my personality and so I joined theatres”. He said, “I feel acting is the most challenging job in the world, as there is a struggle where ever you are.”
While sharing unforgettable movie of Kyun Hua Achanak, Asim shared an incident. “We were shooting in Jaipur and we had a schedule of six days. The house where we were shooting was haunted. It is the scariest experiences of my life.”
Asim hails from the city of lakes and is like an inspiration for the young generation of the city. “Though I belong to the family where music has a significant place, but I wanted to do something different and so I landed up as an actor in the industry. It is important to stick to what you believe in, and you can achieve what you aspire for.”