Sushant Singh Rajput: I'm not in the race to be No. 1
| Aug 14, 2017, 13:10 IST
Sushant Singh Rajput, who is currently busy with preparations of her upcoming 'Chanda Mama Door Ke' was recently in NASA to prep for the part. When asked if he believes that doing a futuristic sci-fi-drama, considering that sci-fi genre isn't very popular in Bollywood.
Talking about the film and subject, Sushant added, "My director, Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan, has spent five years at NASA and worked closely with John Palmer who designed the Matt Damon-starrer 'The Martian'. Since we don't have a budget of $110 million and don't want to disappoint those who've enjoyed 'Interstellar' and 'Gravity', we're working on a unique narrative to explain the space-related concepts to the audience.
When asked about his next film, 'Kedarnath' with Sara Ali Khan and director Abhishek Kapoor, the actor said that he is very excited about the same. Considering that Sushant turned down Abhishek's 'Fitoor', was the actor glad the film tanked, to which Sushant said, "Of course not! There are too many parameters that need to work in combination with countless other factors for box-office success. Firstly, I'm not saying Fitoor was a bad film.Secondly, if I'd have done Fitoor, would it have been a better film? I don't know. Would it have been a different film? Of course!"
Over the years in the industry, Sushant has earned the labels of being 'arrogant', 'ambitious' and a 'player'. When asked if any of them apt, Sushant concluded, "Don't we all live subjective lives? People are constantly finding ways to explain how I've continued to survive in the industry. That's their problem, not mine. I'm not trying to prove a point, I'm not in the race to be No. 1 because I have no plans of living a rat's life.I'm not obsessed with the future and at the same time I'm neither hiding something nor trying to earn a particular reputation."
CREDITS: MUMBAI MIRROR
Talking about the film and subject, Sushant added, "My director, Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan, has spent five years at NASA and worked closely with John Palmer who designed the Matt Damon-starrer 'The Martian'. Since we don't have a budget of $110 million and don't want to disappoint those who've enjoyed 'Interstellar' and 'Gravity', we're working on a unique narrative to explain the space-related concepts to the audience.
When asked about his next film, 'Kedarnath' with Sara Ali Khan and director Abhishek Kapoor, the actor said that he is very excited about the same. Considering that Sushant turned down Abhishek's 'Fitoor', was the actor glad the film tanked, to which Sushant said, "Of course not! There are too many parameters that need to work in combination with countless other factors for box-office success. Firstly, I'm not saying Fitoor was a bad film.Secondly, if I'd have done Fitoor, would it have been a better film? I don't know. Would it have been a different film? Of course!"
Over the years in the industry, Sushant has earned the labels of being 'arrogant', 'ambitious' and a 'player'. When asked if any of them apt, Sushant concluded, "Don't we all live subjective lives? People are constantly finding ways to explain how I've continued to survive in the industry. That's their problem, not mine. I'm not trying to prove a point, I'm not in the race to be No. 1 because I have no plans of living a rat's life.I'm not obsessed with the future and at the same time I'm neither hiding something nor trying to earn a particular reputation."
CREDITS: MUMBAI MIRROR