Ranveer Singh is a bundle of energy and it shines through as he paces in and out of shooting at Mehboob Studio for a marathon interview session with Giridhar Jha. Excerpts…
Even after three blockbusters, you seem to have managed to keep your feet firmly on the ground. How come superstardom sits pretty on your head?
Even I think a lot about it. Fortunately, I have good people around me who keep me grounded. Without their support, I would not be able to do it. The fact that I became an actor is such a blessing that I keep saying it is a miracle. I don’t know if at some point of my career I will be able to give an in-depth breakdown of how it happened for me. I got very lucky, no doubt, but I also made my own luck. After three-and-a-half-years of struggle, I finally got a break with Yash Raj Films.
My family was going through a financially difficult phase in that period. My parents had to sell off our bigger house and move into a smaller one. In my tiny room, there was a big poster of Rocky (Sylvester Stallone’s 1976 Hollywood film) with a tagline which read, ‘His whole life was a million-to-one shot’. Every morning I would see that poster and read the tagline, which pretty much sums up my journey of getting my first break, in a sense that I too had a million-to-one shot. Even now, every morning when I wake up and get ready to leave for work, I think about my day and I pray. My prayers consist of nothing but gratitude for the opportunity given to me to perform, entertain and spread joy.
Did you expect that less than a decade after your debut, you would be counted among the top stars of Bollywood?
This story is from the February 24, 2020 edition of Outlook.
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