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Tusshar Kapoor counts beyond “One Two Three”
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photo: V. Sudershan
looking good Tusshar Kapoor
Tusshar Kapoor hasn’t given any hit film for a while. Yet he remains in the news — sometimes by appearing as a judge in talent hunt shows (“Boogie Woogie” and “Rock-n-Roll Family”) or while playing Holi with the Reddy sisters (Meghna, Sameera) at a party.
With the kind of films he is doing, his name is becoming synonymous with comedy — those with below-the-belt humour. It began with the hit “Kyaa Kool Hai Hum”, then came Dhol and now we have One Two Three.
In this film directed by Ashwini Dhir, Tusshar plays “a wannabe don to impress his mother though he is a nice guy otherwise”.
As Laxminarayanan number one, and desperate to be categorised as a ‘bhai’, he takes ‘supari’ to kill a goon nicknamed Papa, played by Mukesh Tiwari.
Tusshar is all praise for Ashwini. “I have worked with many debutant directors but Ashwini doesn’t appear like a first timer. Most of the time I get intimidated by established stars and 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. I don’t mind if a director is rude to me. I want him to exploit my talent fully.”
Timing of the release
Tusshar gets easily upset by the failure of his recent films. He holds the timing of the release responsible. “Dhol was released during Ramzan and Ganesh Chaturthi, the time when people concentrate on religious activities and not entertainment. I worked really hard on Aggar. It was a different film. I fought with the producer for nearly two months for proper promotions. It gave me sleepless nights but nothing happened. People didn’t even know about its release,” rues the actor.
At the same time he agrees that media hype doesn’t always help. “Audiences have become smart. Despite the extensive promotion of Kuuchh To Hai the film bombed at the box office.”
But these things, says Tusshar, don’t dishearten him. “Earlier I used to feel lost and upset, but now I have learnt to live with it.”
To be visible beyond films, he is now doing his own PR but says it has robbed him of sleep. “I have to attend parties, do endless photo shoots and interviews, and look good all the time…” His forthcoming films are C Company and Golmal Returns.
C Company, is a feel-good film” about three underdogs who in a quest to improve their own situation create a national issue, while in Golmal Returns, he plays Bhola Ram, a nice guy mistaken for a thief.
RANA SIDDIQUI
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