Arshad
doesn't
know
whether
to
be
amused
or
exasperated.
His
release
this
week,
Mr.
White
Mr.
Black
was
earlier
entitled
Mr.
Black
Mr.
White.
"But
then
Subhash
Ghai's
film
Black&White
came
along.
To
avoid
confusion
the
film's
title
was
flipped
around.
Aisa
hota
hai
Bollywood
mein," he
says
wryly
and
adds,
"It's
a
nice
clean
comedy,
and
that's
the
only
kind
of
comedy
I
can
do.
I
can't
do
sleazy
double-meaning
comedies.
That's
one
reason
why
I
enjoyed
doing
Krazzy
4,"
he
says
from
Goa
where
he's
shooting
for
Golmaal
Returns.
"It's
so
hot
here.
From
now
on,
I've
decided
to
put
a
clause
in
my
contract.
I
won't
shoot
anywhere
that
the
temperature
rises
above
20
degrees.
I'll
call
it
the
temperature
clause." For
his
birthday
on
April
19,
Arshad
was
shooting
in
the
middle
of
the
ocean
in
Mauritius
for
a
song
in
Neeraj
Vora's
Shortcut.
"I
was
in
Bangkok
for
almost
two
months,
came
back
to
Mumbai
for
two
days
and
left
for
Mauritius.
Now
I'm
in
Goa
and
then
I
go
to
London
for
a
long
schedule.
I'm
seriously
thinking
of
getting
NRI
status.
As
for
my
birthday,
normally
I
don't
like
birthdays.
They're
so
embarrassing.
But
this
one
was
special.
Because
my
choreographer
Bosco
and
20
dancers
got
into
a
catamaran
with
200
beer
bottles
and
just
sailed
away
into
a
high
sky...It
was...liberating,"
Arshad
chuckles
at
the
memory.
Equally
liberating
is
the
sleazebag
he
plays
in
Shortcut.
"I've
never
played
a
more
despicable
character
in
my
life.
I
never
thought
I'd
play
someone
so
lowdown.
When
I
watched
myself
I
thought,
shit
how
could
anyone
be
so
cheap?"
Arshad
has
attempted
a
new
kind
of
acting
in
the
role.
"See
I
play
a
bad
actor.
So
when
the
camera
is
on
I
do
some
terrible
acting.
When
my
character
is
off-sets
he's
a
bad
actor
trying
to
behave
like
a
normal
decent
guy
which
he
is
not.
I
just
hope
audiences
get
the
point
and
don't
accuse
me
of
hamming."
No
hamming
involved
in
his
first
production,
which
goes
on
the
floors
on
July
10.
"I
am
yet
to
get
a
proper
title
for
it.
Though,
tentatively
we've
called
it
I
Believe
In
Angels.
Everyone
thinks
angrezi
titles
don't
work.
So
we're
searching
for
a
title
and
a
heroine.
No
one
wants
to
work
with
me.
I
think
I
need
to
have
a
long
talk
with
God...or
maybe
plastic
surgery
will
help."
Arshad
regrets
missing
Teen
Patti
with
the
Big
B.
"I'm
dying
to
work
with
Mr.
Bachchan.
But
I
couldn't
possibly
mess
around
with
my
dates
in
a
film
that
stars
him.
Next
time.
Is
Madhavan
doing
my
role?
Good
He's
a
cool
guy
and
a
good
actor."
Story first published: Saturday, May 3, 2008, 14:39 [IST]