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A Vaada to keep
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Zayed Khan seems to be handling his newfound celebrity status with grace
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Zayed Khan: `I believe that there is a little bit of an obsessive lover in all of us.' — Photo: R.V. Moorthy
HE MAY still be under the spell of Main Hoon Na and basking in the glory of his second major film, Vashu Bhagnani's Vaada. He may be smug with his appearances in a pizza advertisement and being on the panel of the Indian Idol talent hunt; but Zayed Khan still keeps his head on his shoulders. He grins, jokes, gets photographed with the audience and manages to sell himself as a typical boy next-door.
"I am still so new. I have a long way to go," is his pet recourse.
Zayed has played an obsessive lover in Vaada; he is aggressive, impulsive, he screams and schemes, he loves and slaps around too. For all this he did not have to do much homework.
"I believe that there is a little bit of an obsessive lover in all of us, in some cases he just grows too aggressive. I didn't actually have to prepare myself for the role. It may also be because in Main Hoon Na, Farah and Shah Rukh bhai helped me open up a lot. Whatever openness and energy I imbibed during that film, I have brought that to Vaada," says Zayed.
Initially a few acting classes from Roshan Taneja and M. Ali Beg must have helped his confidence too. "Such classes do help, but it only depends upon how you translate them on screen according to your personality. It does not work always," he declares.
And then there is his father, romantic hero of yesteryear, Sanjay Khan, to help him out. "He helps me with my Hindi and Urdu. Even as a kid, I was bad at Hindi. He reads Urdu poetry to me and I concentrate on each word, its sound and pronunciation. "I listen to my father but do what I want. For instance, he wanted to launch me in his film but I refused. I preferred to go the usual way, knowing fully that one of us would have to suffer because of this later."
While he declares he is the "worst dancer" in the world, he still manages fight scenes, the spirit of which he inculcated "from school days and playing football". His next film seems to reflect that, with a title like Fight Club. "It is about a bunch of irresponsible vagabonds cut out for taking risks in life. It is only when they land in trouble that the real heroes in them come out and they learn to be responsible beings," says the star. Fighter or hero, if he continues handling celebrity status with such politeness and grace, he will be there for a long time.
RANA SIDDIQUI
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