I will stay 40 till I am 60, says Samir Soni
Iam embarrassed on birthdays. I even switch off my phone,” says Samir Soni, who turns 53 today. The birthday boy says growing up “we didn’t celebrate too much”. “Now, I am older; if you are turning 18, one can be excited,” he adds. Soni always prefers having a quiet dinner with his family and he has only thrown three-four birthday parties in his life. “I am going to stay 40 till I turn 60,” he quips.
The actor had four film releases this year, including Mumbai Saga, The Big Bull, State Of Siege: Temple Attack and Chehre, and two web shows, Puncch Beat and Cartel. He is enjoying working constantly and is glad that people are seeing him in a different light. “I recently shot for Saurabh Shukla’s directorial and a Vikram Bhatt series with Sunny Leone.
Cartel, too, got a great response and people loved my negative role. Earlier, people saw a nice-looking guy and cast me in older brother, young husband or rich tycoon roles. I got typecast. Now that I am older, I am getting mature roles. Now, the focus is not on my looks, but my acting. Negative roles are fun, as there are no boundaries,” he says.
Soni is also excited about his book that will be out next month. He admits unlike other celeb books, it won’t be a memoir. “It is an exploration of being an introvert and how to survive in an extrovert world. It also has part of my diary. I have questioned what is right and wrong. Why do we emphasise on being rich or famous? I’ve discussed conditioning and basic values, especially now that there are many mental health issues. Our society puts pressure on people to look and be a certain way. In fact, my condition to the publishers was to not have my face on the cover of the book,” says Soni, who featured in films like Baghban (2003) and Vivah (2006) in the past.