INterview SHiney Ahuja!!
Actor Shiney Ahuja shrugs off rumours of starry behaviour, saying he is an "outsider doing his best to survive in the showbiz jungle".
"I heard I was throwing my weight around, making constant demands on the sets, asking for juice constantly as though I am some kind of a juice monster. I do have juice on sets, but what's so starry about that?" asks Shiney, whose debut film "Hazaaron Khwahishein Aisi" fetched him critical acclaim.
"As for my staff, please ask them if I ever throw my weight around. I even heard that (director) Sudhir Mishra is fed up of my behaviour on the sets of my new film when, in fact, he has been and continues to be my biggest supporter," Shiney told IANS.
About alleged differences with "Woh Lamhe" co-star Kangana Ranaut, he says: "I've no problems with Kangana at all. You'll have to ask her if she has a problem with me. In fact, life couldn't get any better for me. So many things have come up simultaneously. I'm shooting non-stop till April-end.
"There's no friction from my end. Kangana is my co-star in two films. I feel we get along quite well. But she said something in an article that really surprised me. Whenever we're together, we're very comfortable with each other. It's best to keep things pleasant because you never know if you'll work together again."
He says: "I've done enough films for sentimental reasons. Now I need to take some hard career decisions. My new film for T Series with Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan - to be directed by Priyadarshan - is my first step towards more commercial cinema. I suddenly have people coming to me with viable projects."
Shiney's career couldn't get shinier. He had two releases "Woh Lamhe" and "Zindaggi Rocks" on two consecutive Fridays. But he wasn't nervous. "I just took off to Dubai to shoot my first ad."
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