Acting is about engaging audiences: Anil Kapoor

For Anil Kapoor, acting is all about being able to connect with his audiences and the actor feels fortunate that in his career, which spans over 35 years, he was offered scripts that enabled him to do that.

Decoding his journey in Bollywood, which started in 1971 when he played the role of a young Shashi Kapoor in

Tu Payal Mein Geet, Kapoor believes it is a combination of things that have worked in his favour till now - from good scripts to the respect he has earned from his peers and fans.

“Whatever planning and strategy you do, one would never know what will come your way. Because people are offering me different scripts, I am in a better position to chose and do what is right for me.

“There are lot of actors who are not offered those kind of films. I am very fortunate that all kinds of films are offered to me from mainstream to emotional to action films,” the actor said.

The actor says he judges his work on the parameter of whether it has been successful in entertaining the audiences.

“I do films with the sole purpose of entertaining people. I am an entertainer, I like to make people laugh, cry, angry and connect with them. For me, doing drama, horror or patriotic films, making people cry is also entertainment.

“I like to engage the audience. I don’t want to bore the audience. If it connects with people, I feel happy and if it doesn’t, I get sad too,” Kapoor says.

Kapoor insists that he still feels fresh like a newcomer when he goes to a film’s set.

“Every decade you had to change your decisions. Now every year you have to do it. I try to keep changing with time. Decisions like what kind of films you should do, the filmmakers you want to work with. For me, it is a learning experience.

“I experiment and do outof-the-box films. I try to do a mixed bag of things. I have to like the story and the people working on it,” he adds.

Kapoor is now promoting his upcoming film Total Dhamaal.

His slate for the year is full as the actor will soon start shooting for Anees Bazmee’s Pagalpanti in London. He also has Karan Johar’s Takht and a biopic on Olympian Abhinav Bindra with his son Harshvardhan Kapoor. PTI