Debutant
Aadar
Jain
says
acting
has
been
his
dream
career
and
he
would
not
have
chosen
any
other
option
had
he
not
bagged
Qaidi
Band.
The
24-year-old
actor
says
he
would
have
continued
auditioning
for
movies
as
he
never
thought
beyond
film.
In
an
interview
with
PTI,
Aadar
says,
"Acting
is
it.
My
dream,
my
passion.
I
would
not
have
gone
for
any
other
career
option.
Had
I
not
got
through
a
Yash
Raj
film,
I
would
have
gone
to
another
production
house.
"I'd
have
auditioned
for
other
casting
directors.
For
me,
it
was
not
the
be-all
and
end-all
situation.
It
wasn't
like
I'll
pack
my
bags
and
go
home
for
good."
The
actor,
who
plays
Sanju,
an
undertrial
awaiting
justice,
says
there
was
no
pressure
from
his
family
to
go
for
a
particular
job
option.
"My
father
comes
from
a
business
background,
my
mother's
family
comes
from
films.
But
there
was
no
pressure
from
them
to
pursue
any
particular
career.
They
asked
me
to
do
what
I
wanted
to
do."
Aadar
says
he
had
not
told
many
people
in
the
family
about
his
decision
to
join
films.
"I
didn't
tell
anyone
in
the
family
that
I
wanted
to
do
films.
I
just
shared
the
news
with
my
parents
and
my
brother
Armaan.
"When
I
told
my
nani
(Krishna
Kapoor),
she
encouraged
me
and
asked
me
to
work
hard.
She
said,
'Even
if
you
don't
get
the
film,
don't
bog
yourself
down.
Of
course,
it'll
hurt
because
you
face
rejection.
But
continue
working
hard'," he
says.
The
actor
is
glad
that
he
scored
in
his
first
audition
and
got
his
Bollywood
break
on
his
own.
"My
dream
has
now
become
a
reality.
So
that
itself
is
a
big
deal
for
me.
I
really
had
to
work
hard
for
this,
I
did
all
of
it
on
my
own.
I
had
auditioned
for
it
and
Habib
Sir
knew
he
wanted
to
take
me."
Aadar
says
he
knew
working
under
the
National
Award-
winning
director
would
be
a
learning
experience.
"I
loved
his
film
'Do
Dooni
Chaar'
that
featured
my
uncle-aunt
Rishi
and
Neetu
Kapoor
and
since
then
he
became
one
of
my
favourite
directors.
It
was
a
privilege
to
work
with
him.
I
knew
I'd
learn
a
lot
working
with
him," he
says.
On
the
face
of
it,
the
look
of
the
film
resembles
the
Farhan
Akhtar-starrer,
"Lucknow
Central"
but
Aadar
says
the
only
thing
common
between
the
two
movies
is
the
setting
of
a
prison.
"Our
film
is
about
these
undertrials
waiting
for
their
cases
to
be
heard,
so
that
they
could
get
their
freedom
back,
rightfully.
'Lucknow...'
is
more
about
prison
break.
"The
similar
set-up
with
Farhan's
film
is
just
an
unfortunate
coincidence.
But
I
hope
these
two
films
go
on
to
become
the
'Sultan'
and
'Dangal'
of
Bollywood."
Qaidi
Band,
also
starring
newcomer
Anya
Singh
in
the
lead,
hits
the
screens
this
Friday.