Nautanki Saala: Ayushmann doesn't want to play a typical hero
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oi-Tarneet
By Puri
VJ-turned-actor
Ayushmann
Khurrana,
who
made
a
successful
Bollywood
debut
with
Vicky
Donor,
wants
to
play
realistic
characters
onscreen
and
not
the
typical
hero.
Ayushmann
will
be
seen
next
in
Rohan
Sippy's
directorial
venture
Nautanki
Saala.
Theatre
being
the
backdrop
of
the
film,
the
lead
actors
-
Ayushmann
and
Kunal
-
will
be
dressed
up
as
'nautanki
walas',
donning
the
traditional
attire
of
folk
drama
artistes.
"The
best
part
is
all
the
roles
that
I
am
playing
are
real
or
close
to
reality.
I
have
done
theatre
so
I
could
relate
to
the
character
in
Nautanki
Saala," Ayushmann
told
PTI.
Ayushmann
will
next
star
opposite
Sonam
Kapoor
in
Yash
Raj
Films'
untitled
romantic
comedy
set
in
Delhi.
This
fun-filled
satire
has
been
written
by
Ishaqzaade
director
Habib
Faisal
and
will
be
directed
by
Nupur
Asthana.
"It
is
a
love
story
in
the
times
of
recession
and
I
play
a
guy
who
is
hit
by
recession.
It
is
a
Habib
Faisal
kind
of
film,
very
real," the
actor
said.
Even
before
his
first
film
Vicky
Donor
hit
cinema
houses,
Ayushmann
had
managed
to
impress
John
Abraham,
who
signed
him
for
his
next
home
production
Hamara
Bajaj.
The
film
will
be
directed
by
Shoojit
Sircar
and
will
have
Ayushmann
playing
the
role
of
a
young
man
called
Sanjay
Bajaj,
who
is
a
struggling
actor.
"I
have
Shoojit
Sircar's
film
Hamara
Bajaj
where
I
play
a
tourist
who
wants
to
be
an
actor.
So
that
is
also
real.
The
best
part
is
I
am
getting
to
play
real
characters.
I
don't
want
to
try
and
become
a
hero
or
somebody
performing
out
of
scale.
I
would
prefer
to
be
real
and
subtle
in
films,"
he
said.
From
being
a
contestant
on
a
TV
reality
show
to
a
host
and
now
to
being
an
actor,
the
Vicky
Donor
star
feels
today
the
transition
for
those
coming
from
television
to
films
has
become
relatively
easy.
Ayushmann
shot
to
fame
with
the
second
season
of
reality
show
'MTV
Roadies' in
2004
where
he
emerged
the
winner.
Thereafter,
he
completed
his
studies
and
took
up
a
job
as
a
radio
jockey
in
Delhi,
and
later
hosted
quite
a
few
shows
for
MTV,
reality
shows
like
India's
Got
Talent
and
Just
Dance
and
several
award
functions.
He
was
a
presenter
for
Extra
Innings
T20
(IPL),
season
three.
"Things
have
changed
for
me
as
an
actor.
We
are
living
in
an
era
where
transition
from
TV
to
films
is
easy.
I
have
made
it
quite
successfully.
I
was
around
for
four
years,
anchoring
shows,
taking
interviews,
watching
the
industry
as
an
outsider.
It
is
a
nice
shift,
it
is
ironical," Ayushmann
said.
"It
is
great
that
people
have
started
respecting
television
or
TV
actors.
This
year
more
TV
actors
will
be
seen
in
films
like
Sushant
Singh
Rajput,
Manish
and
others.
It
is
a
nice
thing.
It
is
a
nice
symbiotic
relation
between
TV
and
films,"
he
said.
Nautanki
Saala
is
slated
for
release
on
April
12
this
year.