Mumbai: Diljit Dosanjh says the shelf life
of a film today does not last more than a weekend and the
actors have also become fast paced to get over their failures.
His debut Hindi film "Udta Punjab" got an overwhelming
response from audience but his next release "Phillauri" failed
to taste success at the box office.
Asked how much does the success or failure of a film
drive what he signs next, Dosanjh said everything is so fast
today, there is hardly any time to sulk.
"The life of a film today is just a weekend. If it's a
very good film, it'll last a week. So our life is so fast that
it barely matters," he told PTI.
"Your projects get ready, you start work on it.
Obviously, if people don't like something you've worked hard
for, it hurts. But it isn't that one becomes 'Devdas' after
that," he said.
Staying unfazed with both success and failure of a
film and continuing to put his best foot forward, Dosanjh
feels one should not consider the ups and downs in work as
"struggle."
"If you ask me what is 'struggle', I'd say it depends
on what you term it. If it's a part of your job, you shouldn't
call it a struggle. It's your job. If you say 'I worked very
hard and then I reached here', I mean, it was your job, you
have to work hard for it!" he said.
The actor-singer, known to be extremely shy and reserved
on sets, works diligently on his characters - be it the role
of a cop in "Udta Punjab" or a singer in "Phillauri".
He said the glamour of Bollywood does not sway him much
as he has seen something similar even in Punjab.
"The glamour which Bollywood has even we have in our
Punjabi industry. We have seen that back home. How to evade
this, be normal around it is something which all artistes
follow. It's easy to be normal," Dosanjh said.
"When the camera is on, you should be on too, when the
camera is off you should go off. This helps me a lot. If I'm
on long after the camera is off, everything will go wrong," he
added.
The actor, though, is aware that some of his co-stars
might find this behaviour amusing.
"Some co-stars do ask me, if everything is ok (because
I'm not talking) but I don't take stress at all. Some might
even feel bad due to this but my intention is never to hurt
anyone. If they start feeling bad on their own, then it's not
my fault!" he quipped.
Dosanjh is now ready with his third Hindi film, a
comedy, "Welcome to New York", starring Sonakshi Sinha. The
film, produced by Vashu Bhagnani, also features Bollywood
stars, including Karan Johar, Riteish Deshmukh, Lara Dutta
among others.
"Welcome to New York" marks his first on-screen
pairing with Sinha and the 34-year-old actor found 'no starry
tantrums' a common link between her and his previous female
co-stars, Anushka Sharma and Kareena Kapoor Khan.
"A common thing which I liked about all of them was, I
used to think 'these are big superstars, don't know what aura
they will have' but they were all very normal. Kareena,
Anushka and even Sonakshi too didn't have any 'air' regarding
their celebrity status," he said.
"Welcome to New York" is scheduled to release on
February 23.
PTI
