He's
that
rare
humble,
grounded
and
modest
talented
actor
who
considers
stardom
"nothing
more
than
a
little
extra
attention
than
the
normal
crowd".
That's
Dhanush
for
you.
"I
think
stardom
is
all
about
little
extra
attention
than
normal
people.
Among
all
the
normal
people,
a
few
get
some
extra
attention,
and
so,
there
is
nothing
special
about
stardom," Dhanush
told
during
his
visit
to
the
capital
for
the
promotion
of
his
forthcoming
Bollywood
film
Shamitabh.
Known
for
his
Tamil
movies
Aadukalam,
Pollathavan
and
Vela
Illa
Pattathari,
the
31-year-old
finds
"nothing
great" about
stardom
as
he
feels
that
at
the
end
of
the
day,
actors
"are
also
working
to
earn
bread
and
butter".
"I've
always
seen
in
my
life
that
if
a
person
makes
Rs.5,
he
has
a
problem
worth
Rs.6.
So,
it
doesn't
matter
how
much
a
filmstar
earns
or
how
much
a
software
engineer
earns.
Everyone
has
their
own
set
of
problems
to
deal
with,"
added
the
National
Film
award
winning
actor,
who
maintains
a
balance
between
his
southern
films
and
Bollywood
projects
with
his
love
for
travelling
and
reading.
Dhanush
doesn't
have
the
conventional
Bollywood
'hero' looks
-
but
by
virtue
of
his
talent,
he
won
the
heart
of
Hindi
film
audiences
as
an
obsessive
lover
in
his
debut
Hindi
movie
Raanjhanaa.
His
endearing
smile
and
screen
presence
in
the
Sonam
Kapoor-starrer
has
made
his
second
Hindi
film
Shamitabh
much
awaited.
The
competition
in
Bollywood
is
getting
tougher
by
the
day,
but
Dhanush
is
nonchalant.
"I
have
just
come
here
(in
Hindi
filmdom)
and
I
have
only
time
enough
to
focus
on
my
character
and
live
up
to
my
director's
or
audiences'
expectations.
Competition
is
unnecessary," he
said
and
added
that
someday,
he'd
love
to
work
with
Bollywood's
talented
actors
Ranbir
Kapoor
and
Ranveer
Singh.
He
feels
if
a
director
comes
up
with
a
script
pairing
him
and
the
"fabulous
Ranbir",
"something
great
can
come
out
of
it".
Also,
he
is
in
awe
of
Ranveer's
energy.
"The
energy
that
he
puts
in
and
the
charisma
that
he
has...he's
superb.
I
really
like
him," added
Dhanush,
who,
in
Shamitabh
shares
screen
space
with
the
legendary
Amitabh
Bachchan,
a
good
friend
of
his
megastar
father-in-law
Rajinikanth.
Dhanush,
who
is
married
to
Rajinikanth's
daughter
Aishwarya,
recalls
going
blank
for
a
second
when
he
was
told
that
he
has
to
act
with
the
Big
B.
"Then
I
thought,
'Oh!
Here's
a
great
opportunity
to
learn
something
from
the
best.'
So
I
took
the
opportunity
and
from
day
one
(of
the
film's
shooting),
I
was
really
excited
and
thrilled."
What's
also
interesting
in
Shamitabh
is
that
the
title
is
an
amalgamation
of
the
actors'
names
--
Amitabh
and
Dhanush.
The
latter
says
he's
"greedily
enjoying" the
feat
even
though
he
feels
that
his
name
"doesn't
deserve
to
be
in
the
same
panel".
The
film,
which
launches
Akshara
Haasan,
the
younger
daughter
of
yet
another
Indian
cinematic
icon
Kamal
Haasan
and
younger
sister
of
Bollywood
star
Shruthi
Haasan
-
will
hit
the
screens
on
Friday.