Aftab Shivdasani says he does not blame anyone for his choice of films
New Delhi:
Actor Aftab Shivdasani, who made apromising debut at the age of 19 with Mast, is yet to tastea resounding success in his career but he says he does notblame anyone for his choice of films.
"My journey has had lots of ups and downs. I havereceived accolades, criticisms. I don't blame anyone for myfailure. I take responsibly for my career decisions. Thisindustry works like that, there are risks. Having said that, Iam grateful to God for everything that has come my way sofar," Aftab told PTI.
The 34-year-old started as a child artiste in commercialsand as well as films like Mr India, Shahenshah,ChaalBaaz and Insaniyat.After Mast, he went on to star in films like Kasoor,Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai, Awara Paagal Deewana, Hungama,Footpath, Masti, Koi Aap Sa.
Aftab went low key for two years by not taking up manyfilm assignments.When asked if it was a conscious decision to stay awayfrom the big screen, the actor said, "I did not decide to stayaway from films. I was not happy with the kind of offers thatwere coming my way. I want to do good work.
"I waited for two years to get the right kind of rolebecause I did not want to make any hasty decision. I want todo commercial films. I want to work with big filmmakers. Idon't want to do ten films a year. In the mean time, I got theopportunity to work on myself," he added.
The actor, who was last seen in Bin Bulaye Baraati, isready for the release of his upcoming film- Vikram Bhatt'sproduction 1920: Evil Returns. The film directed by Bhushan Patel is a sequel to 2008film 1920 and also stars Tia Bajpai and Sagar Saikia in thelead roles.
"I was not at all apprehensive about working in thesequel of '1920'. The only common element between the firstfilm and the second is the title, other than that everythingis new, from characters, to look, to story. The film has beenshot in Malmoe, which is southernmost province of Sweden. Thisis the first Indian film that has been shot in Sweden," hesaid.
"The film has been shot in real locations there but thestory is based in an Indian hill station. It is a period filmbased in the year 1920," he added."1920: Evil Returns" will hit theatres on November 2.The actor is currently in Vadodara shooting for GrandMasti directed by Indra Kumar, which is a sequel to the 2004hit, Masti. The film will hit theatres next year.
"My journey has had lots of ups and downs. I havereceived accolades, criticisms. I don't blame anyone for myfailure. I take responsibly for my career decisions. Thisindustry works like that, there are risks. Having said that, Iam grateful to God for everything that has come my way sofar," Aftab told PTI.
The 34-year-old started as a child artiste in commercialsand as well as films like Mr India, Shahenshah,ChaalBaaz and Insaniyat.After Mast, he went on to star in films like Kasoor,Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai, Awara Paagal Deewana, Hungama,Footpath, Masti, Koi Aap Sa.
Aftab went low key for two years by not taking up manyfilm assignments.When asked if it was a conscious decision to stay awayfrom the big screen, the actor said, "I did not decide to stayaway from films. I was not happy with the kind of offers thatwere coming my way. I want to do good work.
"I waited for two years to get the right kind of rolebecause I did not want to make any hasty decision. I want todo commercial films. I want to work with big filmmakers. Idon't want to do ten films a year. In the mean time, I got theopportunity to work on myself," he added.
The actor, who was last seen in Bin Bulaye Baraati, isready for the release of his upcoming film- Vikram Bhatt'sproduction 1920: Evil Returns. The film directed by Bhushan Patel is a sequel to 2008film 1920 and also stars Tia Bajpai and Sagar Saikia in thelead roles.
"I was not at all apprehensive about working in thesequel of '1920'. The only common element between the firstfilm and the second is the title, other than that everythingis new, from characters, to look, to story. The film has beenshot in Malmoe, which is southernmost province of Sweden. Thisis the first Indian film that has been shot in Sweden," hesaid.
"The film has been shot in real locations there but thestory is based in an Indian hill station. It is a period filmbased in the year 1920," he added."1920: Evil Returns" will hit theatres on November 2.The actor is currently in Vadodara shooting for GrandMasti directed by Indra Kumar, which is a sequel to the 2004hit, Masti. The film will hit theatres next year.
