Ajay Devgan says Halla Bol!

Ajay Devgan says Halla Bol!

As Ajay Devgan's solo starrer, Halla Bol releases this Friday, we caught up with the intense actor for a small tete-a-tete.
You are playing a super star in Halla Bol. How much do you identify with him?


Whenever I tried playing myself while shooting the film, Raj ji (director Rajkumar Santoshi) would immediately intervene and tell me to be more flashy and flamboyant portraying it. In real life I am completely opposite to that. The character I play has no parallels to my real life.

What is the film all about?

It is about a how a small town man doing theatre and dreams of becoming a big film star. He works really hard and makes sacrifices to attain success. But all this changes him as a person. He ends up getting caught between fighting for something that is right and loose whatever he has achieved so far or succumb to the wrong. He chooses the former and also wins back everything he has lost.

How does Santoshi every time manages to bring the best out of you?

He is a fantastic director and writer himself and if you feel that my performances under him are better then it's because he is a fantastic actor himself. He actually enacts out the scenes when he is narrating it to us while shooting. I just follow him.

How do you look back at 2007, which proved a bad year for you with duds like Cash and Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag?

Cash was an incomplete film that was released. We had a 20 day schedule remaining to wrap up but director Anubhav Sinha, skipped it and released it. He clearly lacked the passion in making the film. Much has been said about Ramu's Aag. But I think it is unfair to put the entire blame on him, we all involved are equally a part of it. But at the end of the day, bad films don't work so it is fair.

You turned director with U, Me Aur Hum. Was it difficult directing yourself and wife Kajol?

I was clear about what I wanted from myself as an actor in the film so it wasn't difficult directing myself. Likewise, with Kajol, when once on sets we would never be conscious that we are a married couple. She is a fantastic actress and it was a joy directing her.

Do you think you jumped into direction too early?

I joined the industry as an assistant director to Shekhar Kapur but ended becoming an actor. It was a spontaneous decision to direct U, Me Aur Hum. I came up with the basic story idea and got other writers to work on it. I am a very impulsive person.

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