This Article is From Sep 01, 2011

Rishi was hesitant to play negative role in Agneepath

Rishi was hesitant to play negative role in Agneepath

Highlights

  • Veteran Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor, who will essay a negative character in filmmaker Karan Johar's Agneepath, was reluctant to take up the role as he did not see any place for himself in the film initially.
  • In Agneepath Rishi will be seen in a different avatar, wearing kurta-pajama, a karakul cap and kajal in his eyes.
  • "Initially when Karan Malhotra (director) approached me for the film..I did not see any place for me in the movie. I told him he must be joking..and that if the movie does not work then I might be the only reason for it," Rishi told reporters here.
  • "I asked Karan that from which angle I look bad...but he was hell bent that I must to do the negative role," he said.
Mumbai: Veteran Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor, who will essay a negative character in filmmaker Karan Johar's Agneepath, was reluctant to take up the role as he did not see any place for himself in the film initially.

In Agneepath Rishi will be seen in a different avatar, wearing kurta-pajama, a karakul cap and kajal in his eyes.

"Initially when Karan Malhotra (director) approached me for the film..I did not see any place for me in the movie. I told him he must be joking..and that if the movie does not work then I might be the only reason for it," Rishi told reporters here.

"I asked Karan that from which angle I look bad...but he was hell bent that I must to do the negative role," he said.

The senior actor said it was a first in his career that he gave a test look to the director.

"For the first time in almost 40 years of my career I gave him a angry...bad look...a test look. He built up the confidence and eventually things worked out. He trusted me to have carried out the look," Rishi said.

Producer Karan Johar also said that the actor was anxious to do the film.

"He (Rishi) was more anxious about doing the film. He said he had never played such a character. We might have seen a mild...grey Rishi Kapoor but never a black...he is seen in a different terrain," Johar said.

The film, starring Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra in lead roles will release on January 13 next year.
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