Saif
Ali
Khan
who
was
generally
associated
with
lover
boy
roles
in
the
90s,
left
everyone
stunned
with
his
grey-shaded
character
in
Sriram
Raghavan's
2004
thriller
Ek
Hasina
Thi.
From
thereon,
the
actor
experimented
with
his
roles
and
reinvented
him
as
an
actor
in
films
like
Parineeta,
Being
Cyrus,
Omkara,
Race
to
name
a
few.
Recently
in
an
interview
with
Film
Companion,
the
Chef
actor
opened
up
about
what
brought
about
that
change
in
him.
Saif
said
that
at
one
point
in
his
career,
he
realised
that
things
were
not
really
working'
for
him.
That's
when
he
decided
to
pick
up
films
which
challenge
him
as
an
actor
instead
of
chasing
money
and
stardom.
The
Hum
Tum
star
told
the
entertainment
portal,
"I
think
there
came
a
point
where
I
said,
'Listen,
things
aren't
really
working,
so
let
me
just
enjoy
it,
rather
than
chasing
money
and
stardom
by
doing
Love
Aaj
Kal
2
or
whatever.
Let
me
do
Kaalakaandi
and
some
fun
things,
and
reinvent."
He
said
that
once
an
actor
reaches
a
point
where
he
is
unafraid
of
failures
and
agrees
to
'look
terrible'
because
the
role
demands
it
or
disappear
into
the
character',
he
understands
the
meaning
of
the
job
and
the
freedom
and
joy
that
comes
with
it.
Saif
told
Film
Companion,
"You
have
to
not
be
scared
and
you
have
to
not
be
vain.
You
have
to
be
really
connected.
Either
that
can
come
from
a
state
of
complete
security
or
just
that
you
have
nothing
to
lose.
It
might
have
been
a
combination
of
both
for
me.
I
don't
know
when
it
happened
but
at
some
point
I
realised
that
if
this
career
is
not
going
to
work
out,
let
it
not
work
out.
I
made
interesting
choices,
let
me
be
a
good
actor
and
learn."
Workwise,
Saif
Ali
Khan
will
next
be
seen
in
Pawan
Kriplani's
horror
comedy
Bhoot
Police
and
Om
Raut's
historical
film
Adipurush.