Actor Rajkummar Rao says breaking into Bollywood wasn't easy and the actor is happy he gets to do films for a living as he had no plan B.
Rao바카라s latest release 바카라Mr. & Mrs Mahi바카라 follows a married couple who face several obstacles in their path to achieve their dreams. Also starring Janhvi Kapoor, the film is directed by Sharan Sharma (바카라Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl바카라).
The FTII graduate made his debut in 2010 with a small appearance in Ram Gopal Varma's 바카라Rann바카라 and later appeared as a leading man in Dibakar Banerjee바카라s 바카라Love Sex Aur Dhokha바카라 the same year.
바카라My obstacle was to get that first film, that first job, and it took around two years. Every day I (would) go out looking for work, and it wasn't easy. But there was no plan B. This was the only thing I was meant to do and supposed to do. And, I'm doing it every day,바카라 Rao told PTI in an interview here.
The Gurgaon-born actor batted for mid-budget content driven films, which often face troubles in finding an audience.
바카라Today, we are fortunate that we are getting to do the kind of films we want to do and work with these makers. The only obstacles would be for these films (mid-budget content driven) to reach out there and for people to come to theatres, so that we can make many more films like this, and tell these beautiful stories again and again,바카라 he said.
Over the years, Rao has successfully managed to garner critical and commercial success through diverse films, including 바카라Shahid바카라, 바카라Aligarh바카라, 바카라Bareily Ki Barfi바카라, 바카라Trapped바카라, 바카라Newton바카라, 바카라Stree바카라, 바카라The White Tiger바카라, 바카라Monica, O My Darling바카라, and 바카라Badhaai Do바카라.
Citing the example of his previous release, 바카라Srikanth바카라, in which he played the role of a visually challenged entrepreneur, the National Award winner said good films eventually find their audience.
"It is up to you (media) to talk positively about films, and motivate people to go out and watch films in theatres, at least good films. We've had examples where good films have found their audiences.
"I'm hopeful that our film (바카라Mr. & Mrs. Mahi바카라) is good and that there will be a large number of audiences for it. Maybe it will start slow, but with word of mouth, which is the best PR around a film, it will just grow from there," he added.
According to Dharma Productions, 바카라Mr. & Mrs. Mahi바카라 has earned Rs 11.50 crore (net) at the domestic box office within two days of its release.
The actor, who plays the role of Mahendra who couldn바카라t pursue his dreams due to family pressure in the romantic sports drama, said the film will resonate with many people.
"He is a failed cricketer but he was passionate about cricket, that was the love of his life. But for some reason he couldn바카라t make it... He chose to do something else but isn바카라t happy about it.
"There are many people who wanted to be someone else but they could not for whatever reasons. So, a lot of people will relate to this story and drama, and then he starts living his dream through her character (Mahima played by Kapoor)" he said.
Rao is thrilled about 바카라Stree 2바카라, a sequel to his 2018 horror-comedy. Also featuring Pankaj Tripathi, Abhishek Banerjee, and Aparshakti Khurana, the horror comedy was one of the most commercially-successful and critically-acclaimed film of the year.
Based on the urban legend of 바카라Nale Ba바카라 in 1990s Karnataka, 바카라Stree바카라 was directed by Amar Kaushik and produced by Dinesh Vijan and Raj Nidimoru & Krishna DK.
"I was blown away when Raj and DK told me about the idea and gave me the script. It was so refreshing, I totally loved it. Then Dinoo (Vijan) joined as a co-producer, Amar came on board. As a team, we knew we were making something unique and funny. But how it would do none of us had any idea.
"It became such a big success that we are having part two of it. What changed after that is that people see that it did around Rs 132 crore at the Hindi box office. The makers (tend to) trust you more after commercial success or if your film is a big hit,바카라 the actor said.
Even though he had already successful films such as 바카라Newton바카라, "Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana바카라 and 바카라Bareilly Ki Barfi바카라 to his credit, Rao said "Stree" hit it "out of the park".
"I never think about how much money 'Stree' made, or what happened to this film or that film. I was happy working on 'Stree' and I'm equally happy working on 'Stree 2', 'Mr & Mrs Mahi', and 'Srikanth',바카라 he added.
