I never got my due credit: Annu Kapoor
Annu Kapoor is only getting better with age, more so when it comes to his comic timing. His performance in Dream Girl has garnered him all praises. But not many know that when it comes to giving his nod for a project, the 63-yearold actor is very particular. “I primarily look for the content or the role offered to me and then comes the money part. There is hardly any change in my approach to selecting or refusing a project,” says the veteran actor.
To be seen next in Rumy Jaffery’s film Chehre, Kapoor feels that the biggest challenge in keeping himself relevant in today’s times, is to find good work. “Unfortunately, most of the time, I am offered mediocre roles. But I can’t go on refusing them, so in order to survive, we all manage,” he shares. He might have delivered a remarkable performance in films such as Vicky Donor (2012) and Jolly LLB (2017) among others but Kapoor rues that he never got the due he deserves.
“Life didn’t offer me many choices, so whatever I could do, I tried to do it with honesty, although I could never get due credit for my deeds. I’ve done a variety of roles, roles where I shot for 50 days and didn’t have a single dialogue, but that’s a part of life,” says Kapoor referring to his movie Elaan-EJung (1989). Asked what’s the hardest part of being an actor, Kapoor laughs, “One has to be physically fit more than being creatively talented (laughs). But on a serious note the definition of an actor has changed drastically and, so has the approach to
work.”