00:00What happens when you kind of say no to a film that goes on and becomes successful?
00:04For example, you did decline Hum Tum.
00:07I would like to think that I helped them get that push in the right direction.
00:18After Laksh, you haven't signed on a single film. It's been what, a year and a half now?
00:22What are you doing?
00:24I took my first break after five years of working.
00:27I started with that and of course the award functions and all that.
00:32My world tour, which took about three months.
00:35Besides that, I'm working with dad on his film and listening to other subjects.
00:41It's going on.
00:43Is there a particular reason why you haven't signed on anything?
00:46Is the writing department and the talent out there that bad that it's not worthy of Hrithik Roshan?
00:51I do realize I've stretched my break a bit too far.
00:54I think I need a break from my break now.
00:56But on a more serious note, I don't think there's anything wrong with the industry and talent out there.
01:01There is, of course. You're just being polite.
01:04There's certainly nothing wrong with me either.
01:06But really, to talk about the talent level out there, it is kind of not up to the mark.
01:11As we have discussed, you've been hearing a whole lot of scripts and you haven't liked any recently, have you?
01:17Well, I think I'm at a stage where I can afford to work by choice.
01:22As in pick the film that I think is up to a level that would raise my excitement to a certain level.
01:30What happens when you kind of say no to a film that goes on and becomes successful?
01:34For example, you did decline Hamtham, which went on to become a success.
01:39Do you look back and regret that decision?
01:42Not at all.
01:44In fact, the fact that Hamtham went on to become a success just proves that they followed the right path.
01:53They took the right direction towards success.
01:56And you would have been the wrong direction?
01:58And I think, I would like to think that I helped them get that push in the right direction.
02:04This is an amazing scenario that you not doing the film was the right push in the right direction.
02:08I mean, of course. I mean, you can't say if I was in the film, it would have been the same or not.
02:14But it's a success and I'm happy for them.
02:17It's a very predominant way of thinking in our industry that as an actor,
02:24when a big director or a big banner comes to you, you must do the film or you're stupid.
02:29I think that takes a lot of guts not to, which is what I admire about you.
02:33Well, I have done that and I've experienced that side.
02:36But to give you an example, a Jim Carrey would not do what a Stallone does.
02:41A Stallone would not do what a Tom Cruise does.
02:43So I think the character should come from the person you are.
02:50And sometimes you don't identify with the person.
02:53Sometimes the film doesn't identify with you.
02:55So there are various reasons.
02:57But basically, it's instinct. Simply put, it's instinct.
03:00It does take a lot. I mean, you know, that's why I said I admire you.
03:04Because when Ashutosh Gawarekar comes to you with a film after a film like Lagaan,
03:09you decline it, like you said no to Swades.
03:11Not too many people know this, but he did come to you with Swades, which Nashalu Khan has done.
03:16Yeah, that was for a different reason. I was doing Laksh at the time.
03:18I didn't have the dates and sort of went out of my hands.
03:23So well, okay.
03:24Maybe sometime in the future.
03:26Very few people know this, that you were one of the initial choices for Dil Chahta Hai.
03:30You had approached Hrithik to do one of the roles.
03:32Yes, I had approached him.
03:33And of course, which you politely declined.
03:35No, not politely. I was…
03:37You impolitely declined.
03:38No, no. It was a genuine problem of dates and stuff.
03:42You seem to be having a lot of date problems, I must say.
03:45I ought to do now.
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