Mumbai
February 1, 2018
Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh, who played a negative role in Rohit
Shetty's "Golmaal Again", says he is glad about carving a niche for himself in
the negative zone.
Neil, despite his chocolate boy looks, mostly features
in negative characters in movie.
Talking about this inclination, Neil
said: "I did negative roles from the beginning of my career. Be it in ‘Johnny
Gaddaar', ‘Saat Khoon Maaf', ‘David'... I don't look at roles as positive or
negative. I just see that whether that character will create impact on screen or
not, irrespective of screen time of that character.
"So it doesn't make
difference to me. As an actor, I feel you need to have conviction when you go
out there. At least, I am glad that in the aspect of negative roles, I have
carved niche for myself."
Neil attended Atharva Foundation's special
initiative to pay tribute to the Indian armed forces, along with Maharashtra
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, as well as Vikram Gokhale, Aftab Shivdasani,
Kapil Dev, Madhur Bhandarkar and Rohini Hattangadi here on Wednesday.
Neil also spoke about his upcoming film "Saaho", a multi-lingual film starring
Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor. Neil once again plays a negative character.
"‘Saaho' is shaping up really well. We are now preparing for action sequences of
‘Saaho'. Sujeeth is very good. He is only 26 years old but is a brilliant
director. I gained weight for ‘Saaho' but now I have to reduce that. I am
finding it a bit difficult. But I think that transformation will be fun," he
said.
On Atharva Foundation's initiative where dignitaries felicitated
some Indian soldiers and their families, Neil said: "I am grateful that Sunil
Rane and Atharva Foundation invited me for this initiative. As an actor, I can
only say that there is lot of difference between real and reel life and because
of these people (Indian soldiers), we are living happily and beautifully."
Asked if he would like to play an army man in a film, Neil said: "Why not?
It is not because the fact that I will get an opportunity to hold the gun or
wear the uniform of an army officer, but if any filmmaker offers me role of an
army man, then I would love to do it only to honour those people, who fought for
us."
Apart from "Saaho", Neil will also be seen in "Firrkie", along with
Kay Kay Menon, Karan Singh Grover and Sandeepa Dhar.