I have a responsibility towards acting: Ranveer
Hopes are high from newlymarried Ranveer Singh, who is set to woo quintessential Bollywood fans with
Simmba later this month. After eight years of entertaining audiences, the actor says he does not feel any pressure to deliver his best as he sees it as a responsibility towards what he loves doing - acting.
Asked if he feels pressure with so many hopes riding on him, Ranveer said: “I have been fortunate enough to experience both highs and lows. (I have been) lucky and blessed that there have been more highs than lows, but I’m glad that the lows were there because they taught me a lot.”
The actor, who faced failure with films like Befikre and Kill
Dil, says it taught him that filmmaking is a collaborative process. “According to me, whether it’s my most successful film or least successful film - I know in my heart of hearts that I tried my best, I performed with all honesty and never gave less than a 100 per cent. If a film did not work,
that is not in my hands. From my point of view, my perspective, I gave it everything. For a film to become a hit or a flop,
there are many variables and many factors. That said, I don’t get pressurised. I see it as a responsibility to what I love doing,” he said.
Ranveer says he feels responsible when filmmakers come to him for collaborations. “When filmmakers collaborate with me, I only assume that they expect me to bring something to the table creatively and I like that. I appreciate that the finest filmmakers look upon me as a collaborator. It’s something to be proud of and so I feel responsible,” said Ranveer.
As a performer, Ranveer said his effort is always to make people associated with him proud. “I want to make my fans, family, my team everybody who is directly or indirectly connected to me, my life, my career - proud. So, I feel responsible in that way. So yes, I don’t feel pressurised, but I definitely do feel responsible,” he added.
Ranveer, who has been feted with the “entertainer of the year” award by a magazine, has a bag full of films coming up. His next is Simmba, where he is playing a flamboyant police officer. Then there’s Gully
Boy, ’83 and a period drama