Nothing excited me: Aftab Shivdasani

The actor admits he didn’t plan to take a break, it just happened.

NEW DELHI:

Bollywood actor Aftab Shivdasani has a reason for not having appeared in any films lately. He admits that he didn’t get offers which excited him enough as an actor, so decided to not work in any.

“I wasn’t really busy, but the offers that came my way were not very exciting. I decided not to work instead of just doing anything. I decided to wait and spend time with myself. The break happened by chance. It was not something I had planned, but I welcomed it,” Aftab told IANS.

Aftab made his acting debut with 1999 film Mast. With around 40 films to his credit, he started fading away from the screen sometime back. He says he took a break from films because the offers he got were not exciting enough.

Before Mast, Aftab had featured as a child artist in commercials and as well as films like Mr. India, Shahenshah, ChaalBaaz and Insaniyat.

Later, he was seen in films like Kasoor, Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai, Awara Paagal Deewana, Hungama, Footpath, Masti and Koi Aap Sa. In 2011, he featured in Bin Bulaye Baraati, and his 1920 — Evil Returns released November 2.

Talking about his experience of working in a horror film, he said: “It is not much different from the usual. It is not as if people are shouting and going crazy. It is an intense love story with an underbelly of horror — that is how I look at it.”

The actor further revealed that he is not looking for any particular genre of films. “I am looking for something commercial and entertaining, but nothing particular. I just want it to excite me as an actor,” said Aftab.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 6^th, 2012.

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