Girish Kumar is making his Bollywood debut with the movie Ramaiya Vastavaiya
Mumbai:
Newcomer Girish Kumar, son of producer Kumar Taurani, says rejection by the audience is his greatest fear.
Girish is making his debut with Prabhu Deva's romantic film Ramaiya Vastavaiya. The film is produced by his father Kumar S Taurani, the managing director of Tips Industries.
"For me, the biggest fear as an actor is audience not accepting you. As you put so much effort for a film and entertain the audience, and if the audience does not accept you, it is a sad thing. And if that does not work then I feel something is wrong," said Girish.
The newcomer reveals that he received offers for some films but nothing significant came his way. His father wanted to launch him in the industry under his banner.
Even though Girish comes from a film background, he too had to undergo screen test like any other actor and take training before he bagged a film.
"The journey till now was not easy. I had an opportunity but I had to work for it, as I had to prove it to people that I was worth being given an opportunity. I took training, did screen test etc," he said.
As a part of his learning experience, Girish went on film sets of Race, Prince and others to understand things - observe actors and see how they perform and understand the process of filmmaking.
"I was asked to be behind the monitor (camera) as you learn maximum from seeing or observing people. I was sitting behind the monitor and observing actors, how they are instructed and directed", he said.
In the film, Girish plays an NRI, who comes to an Indian village.
Recollecting his first day of shoot, Girish said they shot for a song Jeene laga hoon, which has now become very popular.
"I was nervous as I was finally seeing my dreams of acting coming true. It was half a day shoot but it all went smoothly," he said.
Talking about his experience of working with ace choreographer-director Prabhu Deva, Girish says he was very disciplined. The newcomer followed instructions of his director and did not have any hang ups of being the producer's son.
"I was as much of a struggler as anybody else must've been," he added.
Girish is making his debut with Prabhu Deva's romantic film Ramaiya Vastavaiya. The film is produced by his father Kumar S Taurani, the managing director of Tips Industries.
"For me, the biggest fear as an actor is audience not accepting you. As you put so much effort for a film and entertain the audience, and if the audience does not accept you, it is a sad thing. And if that does not work then I feel something is wrong," said Girish.
The newcomer reveals that he received offers for some films but nothing significant came his way. His father wanted to launch him in the industry under his banner.
Even though Girish comes from a film background, he too had to undergo screen test like any other actor and take training before he bagged a film.
"The journey till now was not easy. I had an opportunity but I had to work for it, as I had to prove it to people that I was worth being given an opportunity. I took training, did screen test etc," he said.
As a part of his learning experience, Girish went on film sets of Race, Prince and others to understand things - observe actors and see how they perform and understand the process of filmmaking.
"I was asked to be behind the monitor (camera) as you learn maximum from seeing or observing people. I was sitting behind the monitor and observing actors, how they are instructed and directed", he said.
In the film, Girish plays an NRI, who comes to an Indian village.
Recollecting his first day of shoot, Girish said they shot for a song Jeene laga hoon, which has now become very popular.
"I was nervous as I was finally seeing my dreams of acting coming true. It was half a day shoot but it all went smoothly," he said.
Talking about his experience of working with ace choreographer-director Prabhu Deva, Girish says he was very disciplined. The newcomer followed instructions of his director and did not have any hang ups of being the producer's son.
"I was as much of a struggler as anybody else must've been," he added.
