Rishi Kapoor: This Is An Era Of Actors, Non Actors Won’t Survive!
Rishi Kapoor who is seen in the movie 102 Not Out with Amitabh Bachchan said that the present era showers actors with plenty of success and non actors will not survive and might vanish pretty soon.
More
than
four
decades
after
he
made
his
debut
with
the
blockbuster
teen
romance
Bobby,
veteran
actor
Rishi
Kapoor
says
he
now
has
the
freedom
to
explore
his
characters
and
is
no
longer
bracketed
in
an
image.
The
actor,
65,
who
mostly
played
the
romantic
hero
in
his
youth,
has
transitioned
into
strong
character
roles,
be
it
the
endearing
school
teacher
of
Do
Dooni
Chaar,
the
merciless
human
trafficker
of
Agneepath
or
the
cantankerous
70-year-old
son
of
a
centenarian
father
in
his
new
film
102
Not
Out.
"I
always
try
to
be
different
and
play
varied
kind
of
characters.
I
am
not
stagnating
in
one
kind
of
an
image.
I
am
an
actor
who
is
doing
his
job.
I
am
not
making
a
career
for
myself.
What
safe
(roles)
can
character
actors
play?
They
don't
matter
at
all," Kapoor
told
PTI.
The
actor
believes
content
has
become
king
in
cinema
today,
which
he
says
is
a
wonderful
sign
for
both
the
industry
and
audience.
"Those
hackneyed
plots
are
not
going
to
be
accepted.
It
is
a
healthy
thing
that
actors
of
my
age
are
getting
work
today.
I
am
not
a
young
actor.
People
want
to
see
different
kind
of
films,
they
are
fed
up
of
seeing
same
formula.
This
is
the
era
of
actors
now,
non-actors
are
not
going
to
survive.
They
maybe
there
for
one
or
two
films
but
if
you
are
not
competent
enough
you
cannot
survive,"
he
added.
The
actor
says
he
will
not
sign
a
film
if
it
does
not
offer
something
new
and
challenging.
"I
want
the
role
to
excite
me
and
I
must
feel
passionate
about
doing
the
film.
I
will
not
do
a
run
of
the
mill
kind
of
a
film
or
role.
I
will
not
say
yes
to
that.
Also,
I
will
not
do
a
film
for
money."
Kapoor
has
been
a
part
of
Hindi
cinema
for
45
years
but
his
passion
for
films
has
only
increased
with
years.
"I
love
my
work.
I
am
born
and
brought
up
into
a
family
of
cinema,
family
of
actors.
I
only
know
how
to
act,
I
don't
know
anything
else.
I
have
been
working
for
45
years
and
I
have
done
over
150
films.
I
am
thankful
to
God
that
I
get
paid
very
much
for
what
I
love
very
much."
What
intrigued
Kapoor
the
most
about
Umesh
Shukla
directed
102
Not
Out
is
that
the
film
is
about
a
father-son
relationship
told
in
an
entertaining
way.
"It's
a
very
different
story
about
a
102-year-old
man
who
has
a
75-year-old
son.
I
would
imagine
a
son
sending
his
father
to
old-age
home,
but
here
circumstances
are
such
that
the
father
wants
to
send
his
son
to
an
old-age
home,"
he
said.
Kapoor
says
it
is
always
a
privilege
to
work
with
Amitabh
Bachchan,
who
he
has
reunited
with
after
27
years.
"Mr
Bachchan
is
a
very
loved
and
senior
actor...
He
is
the
commanding
superstar
of
our
industry.
And
a
wonderful
actor
and
colleague
to
work
with."
The
two
started
working
together
more
than
40
years
ago
with
Kabhi
Kabhie
and
the
last
film
they
did
together
Ajooba
27
years
ago,
he
said.
Kapoor
calls
himself
a
"student
of
cinema"
who
is
always
learning
something,
be
it
from
older
or
junior
actors.
"I
picked
up
lot
of
things
when
I
worked
with
Amit
ji.
The
way
he
romances
his
role,
the
way
he
flirts
with
his
role
and
gets
into
the
character
that
is
something
I
observed.
"He
lives
the
character
when
he
is
working
in
that
film.
It
is
tremendous.
I
appreciate
that
he
gives
so
much
of
his
best
even
at
this
age."
The
comedy-drama
film
released
today.