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Source - Mumbai Mirror
He's the boy-next-door, a common man among the milling crowds of Mumbai. Yet Kunal Kemmu, who made his debut with Kalyug, has managed to stand up to be counted. He has now signed Madhur Bhandarkar's Signal.
"People thought that if I make my debut with the Bhatts, I'll end up doing only Bhatt films. But I have proved them wrong," says Khemmu. "In Signal, I play a character called Silsila who is the sutradhar of the story. It might have some kind of similarity with Konkona's character in Page 3, as far as taking the story forward is concerned."
National award-winning director Madhur is known for making films on women-oriented subjects, where men only play supporting roles. So what's Khemmu doing in such a film? "I did wonder about this," he replies. "But I respect Madhur as a film-maker and I admire the work he has done in past. "So when he offered me the central character in his film, I readily agreed."
Khemmu will be spending two months interacting with street urchins at traffic signals. "It's a challenge for me as an actor,"he says. "Newcomers usually do romantic leads, but I prefer this."
Khemmu has already won an award for his performance in Kalyug. "Frankly speaking I didn't expect an award for this film," he says. It is scary to receive awards for with them, both my responsibility as an actor and people's expectations increase.
Incidentally Rahul Bhatt was supposed to be launched in Kalyug, but he refused the role and that's when Khemmu stepped in. "Probably Kalyug was not destined for Rahul," he says. "He rejected the film because it was called Blue Film at the initial stage. But I am indirectly thankful to Rahul for not doing the film, at least I got a good deal from it."
Khemmu has also signed Mohit Suri's next film Awarapan. "I will always be grateful to Maheshji and Mohit," he says. "They have launched me and I will always work with them."
He does have one condition for signing films, though. "I am not at all comfortable doing love-making scenes or kissing scenes in a film, if the script doesn't really demand it," he says.
"I wouldn't want to kiss my heroine 50 times in a three-minute song. I think sex is something that should be presented with subtlety. I know that I have a good body, but I wouldn't want to strip in every other scene."
Right now Khemmu is single and wants to remain that way. "At the moment I am busy dating my work and having an affair with my career," he says.
"I know I sound boring. The other day one of my college friends called me to say that if she had known that I would look like this on screen, she would have dated me. I respect women and I will only commit to a relationship when I have time for her. I am just 21 years old and I guess it's an offense to get married at this age in our industry."
He's the boy-next-door, a common man among the milling crowds of Mumbai. Yet Kunal Kemmu, who made his debut with Kalyug, has managed to stand up to be counted. He has now signed Madhur Bhandarkar's Signal.
"People thought that if I make my debut with the Bhatts, I'll end up doing only Bhatt films. But I have proved them wrong," says Khemmu. "In Signal, I play a character called Silsila who is the sutradhar of the story. It might have some kind of similarity with Konkona's character in Page 3, as far as taking the story forward is concerned."
National award-winning director Madhur is known for making films on women-oriented subjects, where men only play supporting roles. So what's Khemmu doing in such a film? "I did wonder about this," he replies. "But I respect Madhur as a film-maker and I admire the work he has done in past. "So when he offered me the central character in his film, I readily agreed."
Khemmu will be spending two months interacting with street urchins at traffic signals. "It's a challenge for me as an actor,"he says. "Newcomers usually do romantic leads, but I prefer this."
Khemmu has already won an award for his performance in Kalyug. "Frankly speaking I didn't expect an award for this film," he says. It is scary to receive awards for with them, both my responsibility as an actor and people's expectations increase.
Incidentally Rahul Bhatt was supposed to be launched in Kalyug, but he refused the role and that's when Khemmu stepped in. "Probably Kalyug was not destined for Rahul," he says. "He rejected the film because it was called Blue Film at the initial stage. But I am indirectly thankful to Rahul for not doing the film, at least I got a good deal from it."
Khemmu has also signed Mohit Suri's next film Awarapan. "I will always be grateful to Maheshji and Mohit," he says. "They have launched me and I will always work with them."
He does have one condition for signing films, though. "I am not at all comfortable doing love-making scenes or kissing scenes in a film, if the script doesn't really demand it," he says.
"I wouldn't want to kiss my heroine 50 times in a three-minute song. I think sex is something that should be presented with subtlety. I know that I have a good body, but I wouldn't want to strip in every other scene."
Right now Khemmu is single and wants to remain that way. "At the moment I am busy dating my work and having an affair with my career," he says.
"I know I sound boring. The other day one of my college friends called me to say that if she had known that I would look like this on screen, she would have dated me. I respect women and I will only commit to a relationship when I have time for her. I am just 21 years old and I guess it's an offense to get married at this age in our industry."
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