One
suspects
Riteish
Deshmukh
to
get
irritated,
in
fact
really
irritated,
on
being
prodded
incessantly
about
his
long
delayed
solo
hero
act.
However,
to
one's
pleasant
surprise,
he
is
quite
patient
when
the
query
is
raised
and
surprises
by
saying
that
going
solo
is
indeed
in
his
mind
now.
"If
you
look
at
my
career
graph
in
last
few
months,
I
have
been
making
a
conscious
effort
to
be
seen
with
lesser
heroes
around
me",
he
smiles,
"I
have
been
seen
in
four
hero
films
and
also
three
hero
films.
Off
late,
I
am
also
making
progress
on
being
a
part
of
two
hero
films.
Soon
it
should
be
time
to
solo
too!"
In
last
few
months,
Riteish
has
been
seen
in
Cash
(Ajay
Devgan,
Suneil
Shetty,
Zayed
Khan)
and
Dhamaal
(Sanjay
Dutt,
Arshad
Warsi,
Javed
Jaffrey,
Aashish
Chaudhary)
where
he
was
surrounded
by
number
of
men.
Earlier
too,
Malamaal
Weekly
and
Apna
Sapna
Money
Money
were
multi
starrers
though
the
latter
clearly
had
Riteish
as
the
key
man.
Later
he
went
on
to
deliver
yet
another
success
in
the
form
of
Heyy
Babyy
where
he
was
next
only
to
Akshay
Kumar
in
spite
of
Fardeen
Khan
being
the
senior
colleague.
"I
am
happy
with
the
progress
I
am
making",
adds
Riteish,
"Now
in
Sajid
Khan's
Housefull,
which
is
a
two
hero
project,
I
am
there
with
Akshay
Kumar.
Jaane
Kahan
Se
Aayi
Hai
is
another
good
project
in
the
making.
I
play
this
guy
from
planet
Earth
while
Ayesha
Takia
is
the
girl
from
Venus.
The
film
stars
the
young
boy
Ruslaan
Mumtaz
(of
Mera
Pehla
Pehla
Pyaar
fame)
as
well."
While
Housefull
and
Jaane
Kahan
Se
Aayi
Hai
are
waiting
to
happen,
Riteish
already
has
a
two
hero
film
closer
home.
Come
20th
June
and
De
Taali,
where
he
shares
screen
space
with
Aftab
Shivdasani,
would
hit
the
screens.
"The
film
is
coming
at
just
the
right
time
when
a
comedy
like
this
should
make
an
impact",
informs
Riteish,
"I
love
the
kind
of
gags
that
have
been
incorporated
in
the
film."
Before
year
end,
Riteish
would
be
seen
in
Aladin
And
The
Mystery
Of
The
Lamp
where
he
plays
the
title
role
of
Aladin.
The
Sujoy
Ghosh
starrer
features
Amitabh
Bachchan
as
Genius
-
The
Genie
along
with
Sanjay
Dutt
as
a
'lovable
villain'
-
as
put
by
Ghosh!
Story first published: Wednesday, August 3, 2011, 11:55 [IST]