![]() ![]() “Scriptwriters used to play very safe back in the day, always knew that a hero wants to look like a hero – he doesn’t want to look imperfect. Since then, Khurrana has been getting scripts to his liking, with scriptwriters finding a ear open and ready for the unconventional. He says that the “next few films didn’t do well,” and he got a “lifeline” with “Dum Laga Ke Haisha” (2015), where he plays a video cassette shop owner in the 1990s who must come to terms with the fact that his arranged marriage bride’s weight is above his Bollywood heroine standards. The actor says that he just wasn’t getting the right scripts after “Vicky Donor” and had to choose from what was on offer. ![]() I was not getting great choices after my first film, because the first one was such a benchmark.” “I was an unconventional actor who made an unconventional choice, which did pretty well. “The biggest challenge was after the first film because, frankly speaking, I don’t think Bollywood knew what to do with me,” Khurrana told Variety. ![]() These include playing a piano player who may or may not be blind in “Andhadhun” (2018) a city slicker cop finding out about the harsh realities of the caste system in rural India in “Article 15” (2019) and a man whose convincing female voice many fall in love with in “Dream Girl” (2019). ![]() While these roles obviously fly in the face of traditional Bollywood macho stereotypes, Khurrana’s other role choices have also been unusual by the industry’s mainstream standards. These include playing a man who suffers from erectile dysfunction in “Shubh Mangal Savdhan” (2017) an alopecia sufferer in “Bala” (2019) an out and proud gay man in “Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan” (2020) and a macho gym instructor who finds out that his fiancée used to be a man and has undergone gender reassignment surgery in “Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui” (2021). Starting from then, he has made a point of playing diverse characters, and each of them have been box-office successes. Ten years ago today (April 20, 2012) is when Khurrana debuted with “Vicky Donor,” in which he played a sperm donor. ![]()
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