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Hard work Director’s actor

With the kind of films he is doing, his name is becoming synonymous with comedy — those with below-the-belt humour. It began with a hit Kyaa Kool Hai Hum, then came a flop called Dhol and now we have One Two Three, released this week.

In this film directed by Ashwini Dhir, Tusshar plays “a wannabe don to impress his mother though he is a nice guy ”. As Laxminarayanan number one, (there are three in all — two others played by Paresh Rawal and Suniel Shetty) and desperate to be categorised as a ‘bhai’, he takes ‘supari’ to kill a goon nicknamed Papa, played by Mukesh Tiwari. “A failure in earlier attempts to prove his killing expertise, this time, he wants to miss no chance,” adds Tusshar.

Tusshar is all praise for Ashwini. “Most of the time I would get intimidated by the established stars and even got confused with the script, but Ashwini always had his way with the actors. He had every dialogue and the shot ready on paper and he didn’t hesitate to make us do re-takes if he wasn’t satisfied. For instance, in a scene where I had to look aggressive, with fear in the eyes, I had to re-shoot it many times as he wasn’t satisfied with my expressions. I don’t mind if a director is rude to me.”

His forthcoming films are C Company and Golmal Returns. C Company, “is about three underdogs while Golmal Returns is about a nice guy mistaken for a thief.

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