‘I DON’T SEE MYSELF DOING A LEAD ROLE’
Badshah wants to hit the gym and get fitter to act, but also says that he can’t do romance or action
Rapper-composer Badshah could have made his acting debut with filmmaker Karan Johar’s segment in Lust Stories. Instead, he focussed on his debut album titled ONE. And, this film wasn’t the only one offered to the rapper.
“I got acting offers in the past. Good News... the one that Diljit Dosanjh is doing with Akshay Kumar, was offered to me. I was offered Vicky Kaushal’s role in Lust Stories, which I had declined,” says Badshah, whose given name is Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia. “I have got other offers too. My focus was on my album. After this, I will probably go to gym, work out, and then you will see a different Badshah.”
He adds, “I am not going to change my look. I will become a bit fit. Somehow, I don’t see myself doing a lead role. Lead actors either do romantic or action [films]. I’m bad at both.”
He thinks so despite getting praised for his acting skills in the seven-minute-long video of his song Heartless, from the new album. “I think that I can act. Having said that, we have got great actors like Ranbir Kapoor, Ranveer Singh and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. I feel that if I play a role, it should suit me,” says Badshah.
Would he want Karan to launch him? “Who wouldn’t like that? But I never asked him to launch me... this is why a lot of people think that nepotism exists. I love him because he is honest — and honest people are the funniest,” says Badshah, who has worked with Karan in films like Kapoor & Sons (2016) and Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014).
Talking about his musical journey, he says, “I don’t have an MBA, I don’t have a qualification in music, but I am doing both — business and music — and I am doing quite well. So it’s about how I have been able to come here.”