(UTV | INDIA) – “I have never chosen to do a film keeping my box office gains in mind,” says Ayushmann Khurrana
Bollywood star Ayushmann Khurrana is basking on the outstandingly positive reviews and the word of mouth that his film Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui has been getting. Ayushmann, who is called the poster boy of Hindi cinema in India, is also the biggest risk-taking actor that the Indian film industry has ever seen. Ayushmann hasn’t shied away from portraying characters with erectile dysfunction in Shubh Mangal Savdhaan, a sperm donor in Vicky Donor, a bald man in Bala, an openly gay man in Shubh Mangal Zyada Savdhaan and now a man who falls in love with a trans-woman in Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui, Ayushmann reveals that he has never chosen a script thinking how much it will make at the box office!
The gutsy actor says, “Ever since my debut in Vicky Donor, I have chosen films that have been deemed unconventional or taboo-breaking from a societal point of view. I feel that such films are necessary for India to make. I have felt the need to start a discourse about important issues that need to be addressed. Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui is one such film in my filmography and I’m tremendously proud of it.”
He provides, “I’m lucky to have found a creative partner in Abhishek Kapoor (director of CKA) who too believed that there was a need to bring in focus issues affecting the transgender community in India. This was our attempt to make this conversation relevant and mainstream and I hope that the film will do just that in the days to come.”
Ayushmann, who has been voted as one of the ‘Most Influential People In The World’ says, “I have never chosen to do a film keeping my box office gains in mind. I have not been built like that and I don’t think people expect anything safe from me. So, Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui is one of my riskiest films to date and no matter what the outcome of the film is, I will continue to be a risk-taker because I’m hardwired like that as a human being.”
Ayushmann would any day select to set off a nationwide debate by his path-breaking movies slightly than break his head interested by how a lot his film will do on the counters. He says, “If I can start a conversation on bettering society, I will do that in a heartbeat without thinking about the repercussions. I have chosen films by listening to my heart and I will keep doing just that. I am an entertainer and I will try to engage people with my kind of cinema. I don’t see myself changing course for anything.”
Ayushmann hopes that Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui, which had a huge development of collections by the weekend, will take its rightful place in the historical past of Indian cinema due to its progressive intent to change society.
He says, “I have all the time felt that we’re a a part of a progressive technology that desires to have a dialog about inclusivity. My perception system comes from my household and shut mates who’re vocal concerning the want to deliver the nation’s consideration to topics that want to be mentioned on a pan-India degree. I’m actually comfortable that I discovered the script of Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui and made the film with the purest of intentions. I hope the film has an unimaginable shelf life and entertains Indians worldwide.”