Ranveer Singh thinks it’s important to do characters that have an everlasting memory. By Team Viva
With 83, actor Ranveer Singh has achieved new heights. His filmography exudes versatility, a risk-taking attitude and and range that sets him apart from the rest. From Band Baaja Baarat to Ram Leela, from Bajirao Mastani to portraying Alauddin Khilji in Padmaavat, from Simmba to Gully Boy and now 83, in which he dissolves on screen to become the Indian cricketing legend Kapil Dev, the actor has wowed everyone with his shape-shifting artistry film after film.
Ask him what drives him to portray characters that have constantly etched their place in the history of Indian cinema, Singh says, “I have taken some really big risks. It does nothing for me if there is no high risk involved. Higher the risk, higher the pay-off. I am like a free flowing spirit. I don’t wish to be defined because I feel putting a person in a box is limiting. I am consciously and subconsciously shaping my filmography. And I am going to do more of this because there is no other way. I am really hoping that the filmmakers continue to give me such roles where I can really do something.”
The superstar adds, “Today, its been 20 years plus for a film like Lagaan but I remember Lagaan. I remember the film, the characters. So, for me, it’s important to do characters that have an ever-lasting memory and that continue to give joy to people over generations like my favourite film, Life is Beautiful, that I can watch n number of times, it still touches my heart. Films that can make you laugh, cry and entertain you forever and ever — those are the films that I aspire to be a part of. I am an actor first, before being a star.”
Singh will be next seen in YRF’s Jayeshbhai Jordaar, Shankar’s remake of his blockbuster Anniyan, Rohit Shetty’s Cirkus and Karan Johar’s Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani.