“I never thought that I want to be a superstar.” Sanjay Kapoor spoke about how he persisted through a dry spell in an exclusive chat with Brut.
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00:00Picture nahi chaliye bechara dekho. Akele beta ho hai.
00:02Akele beta ho because main laptop mein kuch kar raha hoon.
00:04Sometime what happens is, your picture's not done well, you are still okay.
00:08But people have perceived that you are going through a low.
00:11The kind of work that I was being offered, I was not happy with that.
00:14When you're born in this industry, you know the ups and downs so much
00:19that it doesn't come as a shock.
00:20Hi, this is Sanjay Kapoor for Brute.
00:22When I started, I never thought that I want to be a superstar.
00:32You know, I wanted to be an actor.
00:34And I'm still an actor.
00:35And then uske saath success bhi aayegi, failure bhi aayega.
00:39You know, if you are around for 30 years, that means you have been accepted.
00:43Your films may sometimes work, sometimes it won't work.
00:47Bina payal ke baje khangroor
00:51I've had hurdles in life, I've had ups and downs.
00:54And there was a phase where four, five years I got into production
00:57because the kind of work that I was being offered, I was not happy with that.
01:01But I was never low because I'm a positive person.
01:03I knew it's a transition.
01:05And then a short film like Love Stories happened.
01:08And the same time I did a television show for the first time called Dil Samal Ja Zara.
01:13Jab asli pyaar hoga na, tab pata chalega.
01:16Love Stories was the turning point.
01:18There was a lot of people who had not seen my work for a while.
01:23Got connected with me again.
01:25And the new generation started seeing my older films
01:29because they are all available now.
01:30Now you can sit in front of the TV and you can see what you want.
01:33Now Dil Bar When became a hit when Nora did it for a movie called Satyam Hai Jayate.
01:39Suddenly sirf tum movie I had done and this song I had done with Sushmita got revived.
01:46So people started being very curious to where did this song come from.
01:50They started watching sirf tum.
01:58Being an actor and being a businessman or of another profession,
02:03the difference is if you're going through a high, everybody knows you're going through high.
02:08If you're going through a low, everybody knows your picture has not succeeded
02:11or you're going through a low.
02:12Sometimes what happens is your picture is not done well, you are still okay.
02:16But people have perceived that you are going through a low.
02:25So people perceive that.
02:27So I've been in this line for too long, you know, 30 years, a very, very, very long time
02:32to get affected by these things and that people will perceive the way they want to.
02:38You have to be what you are.
02:46Tum kitne bhi successful hoon.
02:51When you're born in this industry, you know the ups and downs so much
02:56that it doesn't come as a shock because you know it's a natural thing.
03:01It doesn't come ke yeh kya ho gaya hai yaar.
03:03Main toh abhi kal toh maine blockbuster deeti,
03:05aaj meri pichre nahi chal rahi hai aur yeh ho raha hai, ho raha hai.
03:08It doesn't come as a shock.
03:09You know it's a job.
03:10You do get affected.
03:11I would not say you don't get affected.
03:13But when you've lived over a year, when you are, you know, you're mentally prepared for it.
03:18Jab aap camera ke saamne hote ho, toh kisi ke bolne se kuch nahi hoga.
03:21Aapko kaam karna padhta hai.