Irrfan Khan will be seen next in Tigmanshu Dhulia's Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns.
Mumbai:
Actor Irrfan Khan, who has carved aniche for himself in Bollywood and Hollywood with meaningfulroles, says he does not want to be tagged as a star or getbracketed in a particular slot.
"I don't apply any tags to myself. I don't like it. Ichallenge tags. I don't want to get tied to any tag. I am anactor. I just want people to see my films. Whether I am anentertainer, performer, actor or star I don't care as long asaudience loves my work," Irrfan said in an interview.
Irrfan says the industry tries to bracket an actor insome slot, but he did not get trapped in it.
"I think somewhere the industry also sees you as aproduct, they want to use you as a product and you keepfighting against it. You keep trying to do something new. Ifeel you should never allow yourself to get into any slot," hesaid.
Today when Rs 100 crore has become the new definition ofbox office success, Irrfan feels this benchmark is'ridiculous' and that it harms the purpose of story-telling.
"The tag of Rs 100 crore is ridiculous and it will notdo well for the film industry. I think film-making is acombination of creativity and money. So you cannot just reducethe power of the story with the tag of money. It cannot bevalued just by tag of money. It is not a share market," the46-year-old said.
"If a film of Rs 100 crore earns Rs 200 crore itsgood, if a film of Rs 10 crore earns Rs 25-40 crore it is alsogood. If a film recovers the money and leaves something forthe audience to remember then it is very good. I think this issomething that should be encouraged. This tag of Rs 100 croremight harm to story telling," he said.
The actor wants the audience to remember his films forthe story it had and not how much business it did at the box-office.
"If someday my films earn Rs 100 crore I will stillreject this tag. As according to me the films that I do orwill do should be recognized by its story. If it is just bythe money it has made I think it is disrespect to the storyteller," he said.
Irrfan would be seen next in Tigmanshu Dhulia's SahebBiwi Aur Gangster Returns, Bullet Raja, Yash Raj Films'Gunday and Nikhil Advani's D Day.
"I don't apply any tags to myself. I don't like it. Ichallenge tags. I don't want to get tied to any tag. I am anactor. I just want people to see my films. Whether I am anentertainer, performer, actor or star I don't care as long asaudience loves my work," Irrfan said in an interview.
Irrfan says the industry tries to bracket an actor insome slot, but he did not get trapped in it.
"I think somewhere the industry also sees you as aproduct, they want to use you as a product and you keepfighting against it. You keep trying to do something new. Ifeel you should never allow yourself to get into any slot," hesaid.
Today when Rs 100 crore has become the new definition ofbox office success, Irrfan feels this benchmark is'ridiculous' and that it harms the purpose of story-telling.
"The tag of Rs 100 crore is ridiculous and it will notdo well for the film industry. I think film-making is acombination of creativity and money. So you cannot just reducethe power of the story with the tag of money. It cannot bevalued just by tag of money. It is not a share market," the46-year-old said.
"If a film of Rs 100 crore earns Rs 200 crore itsgood, if a film of Rs 10 crore earns Rs 25-40 crore it is alsogood. If a film recovers the money and leaves something forthe audience to remember then it is very good. I think this issomething that should be encouraged. This tag of Rs 100 croremight harm to story telling," he said.
The actor wants the audience to remember his films forthe story it had and not how much business it did at the box-office.
"If someday my films earn Rs 100 crore I will stillreject this tag. As according to me the films that I do orwill do should be recognized by its story. If it is just bythe money it has made I think it is disrespect to the storyteller," he said.
Irrfan would be seen next in Tigmanshu Dhulia's SahebBiwi Aur Gangster Returns, Bullet Raja, Yash Raj Films'Gunday and Nikhil Advani's D Day.
