Kunal is also set to star in Kashyap's film, where he will play Raj Comics' superhero Doga. He will also appear in Chamkila, a biography of controversial Punjabi singer Amar Singh Chamkila.
New Delhi:
Right from its inception, KunalKapoor was actively involved in the writing process of hisrecently released film Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana and theactor says he wants to take his new found interest forward.Kunal, 35, is currently busy putting together few scriptsfor films.
"I have been working on something like I did in LuvShuv Tey Chicken Khurana to put together a project that I believe in. I amwriting and there are three to four stories that I have beenworking on. I am not writing a whole script, I am somebody whois more like a bouncing board, who ideates and puts togetherthings. So, hopefully things will fall into place soon," Kunaltold PTI.
When asked if he plans to turn director any time soon,the actor said, "Directors have to pamper egos and actors gettheir egos pampered. Right now I am happy being pampered andhave no plans to direct a film."
Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana, co-produced by AnuragKashyap and UTV Motion Pictures and directed by newcomerSameer Sharma, was made within a budget of Rs 3 crore butmanaged to set the cash registers ringing. The film set arounda chicken recipe, also starred Gangs of Wasseypur girl HumaQureshi.
"It is a film I believed in very strongly. Sameer and Ihave known each other for a while. We used to keep talkingabout the sort of films we'd like to do. We started theprocess two years back, we took it to lot of people," saidKunal, who was in NCR recently to launch the new men's soapseries by Fiama Di Wills.
"We were doing something different from what Punjab isperceived as and nobody wanted to take a chance with it. ButAnurag did and now to see the film having the effect that wewanted, is absolutely amazing," he added.
Since making his Bollywood debut with Meenaxi: A Tale ofThree Cities in 2005, Kunal has acted in ten films - Rang DeBasanti, Bachna Ae Haseeno, Welcome to Sajjanpur, Lamhaato name a few. Last year he starred alongside superstar ShahRukh Khan in Don 2.
When asked why he is seen so less on the big screen,Kunal said, "I am not choosy. If I had the chance I would dofive films in a year. But the films have to be exciting. Thereis no point going to the sets of a film and thinking why am Ihere? And also for the last one and half years I was puttingtogether Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana. That took a lot of effort and time. Itis not like I want to do one film a year but it is just that Iwant to do quality work."
Kunal is also set to star in Kashyap's film, where hewill play Raj Comics' superhero Doga. He will also appear inChamkila, a biography of controversial Punjabi singer AmarSingh Chamkila.
"Doga is very far away. It is a very big film and veryexpensive and you need a lot of money for it. Next year Anuragwill start shooting a film called Bombay Velvet. So Dogawill start after that. Chamkila is something I am veryexcited about but it being developed. We are working onputting the script together," he said.
"I have been working on something like I did in LuvShuv Tey Chicken Khurana to put together a project that I believe in. I amwriting and there are three to four stories that I have beenworking on. I am not writing a whole script, I am somebody whois more like a bouncing board, who ideates and puts togetherthings. So, hopefully things will fall into place soon," Kunaltold PTI.
When asked if he plans to turn director any time soon,the actor said, "Directors have to pamper egos and actors gettheir egos pampered. Right now I am happy being pampered andhave no plans to direct a film."
Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana, co-produced by AnuragKashyap and UTV Motion Pictures and directed by newcomerSameer Sharma, was made within a budget of Rs 3 crore butmanaged to set the cash registers ringing. The film set arounda chicken recipe, also starred Gangs of Wasseypur girl HumaQureshi.
"It is a film I believed in very strongly. Sameer and Ihave known each other for a while. We used to keep talkingabout the sort of films we'd like to do. We started theprocess two years back, we took it to lot of people," saidKunal, who was in NCR recently to launch the new men's soapseries by Fiama Di Wills.
"We were doing something different from what Punjab isperceived as and nobody wanted to take a chance with it. ButAnurag did and now to see the film having the effect that wewanted, is absolutely amazing," he added.
Since making his Bollywood debut with Meenaxi: A Tale ofThree Cities in 2005, Kunal has acted in ten films - Rang DeBasanti, Bachna Ae Haseeno, Welcome to Sajjanpur, Lamhaato name a few. Last year he starred alongside superstar ShahRukh Khan in Don 2.
When asked why he is seen so less on the big screen,Kunal said, "I am not choosy. If I had the chance I would dofive films in a year. But the films have to be exciting. Thereis no point going to the sets of a film and thinking why am Ihere? And also for the last one and half years I was puttingtogether Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana. That took a lot of effort and time. Itis not like I want to do one film a year but it is just that Iwant to do quality work."
Kunal is also set to star in Kashyap's film, where hewill play Raj Comics' superhero Doga. He will also appear inChamkila, a biography of controversial Punjabi singer AmarSingh Chamkila.
"Doga is very far away. It is a very big film and veryexpensive and you need a lot of money for it. Next year Anuragwill start shooting a film called Bombay Velvet. So Dogawill start after that. Chamkila is something I am veryexcited about but it being developed. We are working onputting the script together," he said.
