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Riteish Deshmukh says he has realised his limitations
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I AM IN NO WAY CLOSE TO COMEDY STALWARTS LIKE PARESH RAWAL AND OM PURI RITEISH DESHMUKH
ANOTHER COOL BUDDY: Riteish Deshmukh PHOTO: G.P. SAMPATH KUMAR
What makes Riteish Deshmukh accept comedy films one after another? It's his "cool attitude towards life" and the "director's trust". And so here he is. After Vashu Bhagnani's Out of Control and Indra Kumar's Masti, he will be seen again in the comedy film Kyaa Kool Hai Hum, a Balaji Production, slated for release this Friday.
"Comedy is one way through which one can prove one's calibre. Incidentally for me comedy films come more easily than others. I accepted Kya Kool... because it is really cool. There is nothing that is called complex comedy in it. Else, the director wouldn't have taken me but stalwarts who can handle complex comedy much better than I can," states Riteish honestly. He considers Paresh Rawal and Om Puri among the few comedy stalwarts in the film industry. "I realise my limitations. I am in no way close to Paresh Rawal and Om Puri," he says.
In the film Riteish plays an "overconfident lad who doesn't actually play pranks but believes that everything can be handled easily. The film progresses on how his overconfidence lands him in trouble," he says. He admits this film has lots of one-liners and double-meaning dialogues, which were "at times quite embarrassing to deliver". Not that the shoot was short of comic situations in which he had to show what he wasn't feeling.
No great ambition
"In a scene I am supposed to jump into a bathtub with my trousers on. I had to depict that it was comfortable being inside. But actually the water was so cold I found myself freezing. It was so difficult to portray feeling good dipped in ice-cold water," he recalls.
But his cool attitude has taught him not to be scared of muti-starrers. In this film, there are Tusshar Kapoor, Isha Kopikar and Neha Dhupia to share comic scenes with him. "I am not afraid of sharing screen space. A film is a collective effort. If each character complements the other, the film emerges better. I always work towards that rather than concentrating on my own role only. If the film turns out to be good, you are anyway noticed," he philosophises.
Not interested in entering politics for now, Riteish believes that a political background doesn't help one getting mileage in the film industry, but a film background does. "And it is ultimately hard work and luck that matter here". Good luck!
RANA SIDDIQUI
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