Bobby Deol gets talking about big brother Sunny, his laid back attitude and more in an interview.
In between back to back interviews during his recent trip to Ahmedabad to promote Yamla Pagla Deewana 2, Bobby Deol takes a breather before settling down for a chat.Excerpts:
This is the first time you are promoting your film so aggressively.
While the need of the day is to go on an aggressive promotional blitzkrieg, a film will work only if it is made well.
How much do promotional campaigns actually help a film?
As an actor I go with the flow. If other members of the Hindi film fraternity are doing aggressive promotional campaigns, then I can do the same. Plus, such promotional trips enable us to meet our fans.
You are going to be seen on screen after a whole year.
I’m very chilled out and like to take things at my own pace. I am not cut out to do too many films at a time. Right from the start of my career I’ve been that way. There are people who are in the news all the time even when they are not doing films, I don’t believe in that. I am satisfied with what I’m doing right now.
This is the third time you will share screen space with your father Dharmendra and brother Sunny. So how is it working with the family members?
It’s more comfortable. When you are working for your home production, you are more involved in the process of film making, and you tend to work really hard. You give your best even when you work with others, but at that time you are involved only as an actor, but if it’s your own film there is a certain emotional connect too.
Aren’t you wary that Dharmendra and Sunny might overshadow you in the film?
Why will I feel that I’m not getting enough mileage if Dharmendra and Sunny are around? I am an actor at the end of the day and I play a character in the film. So there isn’t any sort of competition. In fact, I like the comfort level that we share.
You seem to admire your brother a lot.
Sunny has always been ahead of his times. He thought of making a sequel to Ghayal just after it was released. But no producer agreed at that time, as no one was familiar with that format. And now that sequels are being made in India, people say we copy the west. The truth is even Hollywood copies our stories and style of filmmaking. No one talks about that!
There’s no competition with Sunny: Bobby Deol
