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If not an actor, would`ve been a struggling actor: Omkar Kapoor
Updated on: 28 March, 2016 12:00 PM IST |
After working as a child actor in films like "Judaai" and "Ghoonghat", Omkar Kapoor returned to filmdom with Luv Ranjan&39;s "Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2". He says if he was not a part of Bollywood already, he would have been struggling to get into acting.
Omkar, who was also a part of popular films like "Judwaa", "Hero No.1" and "Mela" as a child actor, feels that somewhere child artistes had a shelf life on the silver screen and faded away slowly. But he broke the myth after he was seen on screen in 2015.
"When I was struggling to become an actor once again after my childhood acting career, people told me that child artistes fade away after a certain time. When I got back into acting once again, I had to start from scratch again," Omkar told IANS on the sidelines of the Times of India Film Awards TOIFA here last week.
"There was a long journey and struggle for me to get the film that I got and I hope I proved with &39;Pyaar Ka Punchnama&39; that I have come back," he added.
What if he couldn&39;t be an actor?
"If I couldn&39;t be an actor, I would have been a struggling actor all my life. That is the only thing I know, pursue and love. I am passionate about acting... So I would have been a struggling actor," asserted the "Masoom" actor.
Omkar credits the romantic comedy film for breaking the myth for child artistes who could not achieve prominence in the Bollywood.
"It is a good start to the myth that I have broken. I have taken my first step to breaking the myth that child actors can&39;t be successful actors later on," he added.
The actor said he has the potential and can work in a myriad of genres. He also says he is not afraid of experimenting even as a newcomer.
"I am a very greedy actor. I think I will experiment in other genres. I want to do a &39;Bajirao Mastani&39; to a &39;Badlapur&39;. I am open to do it and so I am looking forward to such films," he said.
He says he is very keen to act and if he gets a chance to prove his mettle on TV, he would like to be a part of it.
"I think times are changing and television medium, the way the shows are all changing... Like &39;24&39; for instance. I would love to experiment with TV."
Asked if he is working on any other movie as of now, Omkar said: "There are lots that I am in talks for with. But like they say, success doesn&39;t come often; so I am taking my own sweet time to choose my next film.
"This time I would definitely want to do something different from &39;Pyaar Ka Punchnama&39;. I feel I have a lot of potential."
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