Actor Arjun Kapoor got an opportunity to play a double-role in his
second film itself and the veritable newcomer says it is a challenge
that any actor would love to take in his career.
The 27-year-old entered filmdom as a ruffian in
Ishaqzaade and in his recently released second venture
Aurangzeb, he ended up playing a double-role.
"It is a challenge that every actor dreams of doing in his career. I got
it so soon and I jumped at it. I guess only Hrithik had done this in
his first film (
Kaho Naa...Pyaar Hai. I got it in my second. For me, the process was interesting to find the two characters," says Arjun.
Directed by Atul Sabharwal, the film opened to good reviews, and saw
Arjun playing Ajay and Vishal - two completely opposite characters. If
Ajay was the bad boy of Gurgaon who is "violent, rude and misbehaves
with women", Vishal, in contrast, is the small town boy "suddenly
dragged into the world of cops and underworld".
The main challenge was to portray the two characters with conviction,
said Arjun. "On the sets, while playing Vishal, I used to remember Ajay,
so that I don't play it like Ajay and vice versa," he added.
He never expected his second film to be like this. "I was offered
Aurangzeb before
Ishaqzaade
released. I was surprised that they thought I was capable enough to
pull a double-role. Also, when I read the script, I never expected Yash
Raj Films to do this kind of film. You would probably expect me and Yash
Raj to do my next film in a slightly more younger, fresher kind of
zone. So this is what excited me that it was inverse to what every had
in mind for me," he said.
The actor said the film reminded him of classics like
Deewaar and
Trishul. "I have grown up watching these gritty family dramas with 'dialoguebaazi'. the old Yash Raj dramas like
Trishul and
Deewaar kind of films. That was what excited me. I got to work with such brilliant actors and work with a good director," he said.