‘I won’t do any films that will make my kids cringe’

Basking in the glory of two back-to-back hits — Bareilly Ki Barfi and Shubh Mangal Saavdhan — actor Ayushmann Khurrana couldn’t have asked for more. The “poster boys for taboo subjects” in his own words, the actor has no qualms about the kind of films with which he has associated himself.

A sperm donor Vicky Donor (2012); husband to an overweight woman in Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015); and a

I come from a fairly progressive mindset and background. I feel that my kids would also be so — they’d love to see my films and be proud of them

AYUSHMANN KHURRANA, ACTOR

man suffering from erectile dysfunction in Shubh Mangal Saavdhan — all these roles have been inhabited with ease by the actor. Asked if his kids — son Virajveer, 5, and daughter Varushka, 3 — have seen his films, Ayushmann says, “They don’t watch my films, and I do that to keep them away from the limelight. I feel that my kids should have a regular childhood, without being labelled star kids. They shouldn’t be made to feel special… because they haven’t achieved anything. I want them to have their own path and achieve their own goals.”

Is there ever any apprehension as to how his children would react to his choice of roles, once they grow up? “I won’t do any films that would make my kids cringe; neither would I support the kind of cinema that’d make them uncomfortable at any point. [Also] I come from a background where I’ve discussed everything with my parents since my teens. So, I come from a fairly progressive mindset and background. I feel that my kids would also be so — they’d love to see my films and be proud of them.”

Ayushmann Khurrana says that he discussed everything with his parents since his teens