EXCLUSIVE: Ayushmann Khurrana: As an outsider, if your first film is not good, then you are finished

Ayushmann Khurrana, who entered Bollywood with ‘Vicky Donor’, says that he had felt a lot of pressure while choosing his maiden film.

In an exclusive chat with us, he says “Yes, there was pressure. I had said no to a lot of films even before signing ‘Vicky Donor’. I always thought that my first film should be really good. As an outsider, if your first film is not good, then you are finished. Nobody will give you a second chance. Post my debut, I had to choose something path-breaking like ‘Vicky Donor’, and I was not getting that kind of film again… Aisi filmein mushkil se banti hai. I went the conventional route and did films like ‘Nautanki Saala’ and ‘Bewakoofiyaan’, which didn’t do well at all. When that happens, more than the pressure felt by the actor, the producer of his next film gets the heebie-jeebies. Today, when I listen to a film’s narration, I don’t look at it as what it will do to my image or the fact that isme mujhe kya karna hai. The priority is that the story should work in totality. If that is okay, then, I come to my part in the story. Initially, I would think about myself first and that’s been a learning process. As an actor you should not get lost in the crowd, you need to create a space for yourself.”