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He
has deliberately chosen to play anti-hero roles, but now Arbaaz Khan
dons a funny avatar and promises to make people laugh in "Shootout At
Lokhandwala" and "Fool 'N' Final". "It's
not a consciously funny role. In both 'Fool 'N' Final' and 'Shootout At
Lokhandwala' I'll make people laugh," Arbaaz told IANS.
After
five years of poker-faced spoilsport roles, in Apoorva Lakhia's
"Shootout At Lokhandwala" Arbaaz is finally loosening up. He's cast as
a cop who provides many light moments.
"My character Javed
Sheikh is a bit of a linguistic with a master-command over many
languages. He keeps correcting everyone's language. Though he doesn't
mean to be, he's quite comical.
"Likewise my character in
Feroz Nadiadwala's 'Fool 'N' Final'. I play this gang-lord called
Moscow Chikna, who's always in a rage over goof-ups in his
organisation. He isn't consciously being funny but comes across as such
to those around him."
He shared a great rapport with the whole "Shootout..." team.
"Sanjay
Dutt and Suniel Shetty are friends, and actors I've looked up to. I'm
on the right side of the law with them whereas most of the actors, who
played gangsters, were naturally thrown together. I had to chase the
gangster played by Rohit Roy. So I can't say we got a chance to like
each other," said Arbaaz using the funny bones that he has lately
discovered.
It was at a dinner with his friends Kareena
Kapoor, Shahid Kapur and director Ahmed Khan that Arbaaz was offered
the role of the comic gangster in "Fool 'N' Final".
Recalling
the incident, he said: "I was having dinner with Shahid, Bebo and Ahmed
when Ahmed said there was a character in his film only I could do. His
name was Moscow Chikna. It's hard to keep a straight face when your
character has such a name. But in our films, anything is possible."
Arbaaz has the disadvantage of being from a family of celebrities but he feels he has carved a distinct place for himself.
"I've
deliberately chosen to be different from the typical romantic-action
heroes that Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and my brother Salman play. I
knew I didn't stand a chance in that slot. So, I started as an
anti-hero... a slot that other big heroes subsequently adopted.
"I
feel I've made a lot of mistakes in my career. Done roles that has
finally done me more harm than good. But I've learnt from all my
mistakes. Today, I feel more confident. There're so many kinds of films
being made. And I fit in comfortably into various slots."
By Subhash K. Jha, Indo-Asian News Service
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