Girish Kumar: Rejection by audience my biggest fear

Highlights

• 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.