Rajkummar Rao, a hot favourite among filmmakers these days

Winning a National Award has been truly beneficial for one of the most low-rated actors in Bollywood, Rajkummar Rao. Rao, who won the National Award for his film Shahid, is flooded with film offers these days and it has been quite difficult for him to choose the right ones.

As told by Rao, “I was getting lot of offers after ‘Kai Po Che’. Earlier, I was getting 20 offers now I am getting 30-40 offers a month. There are more options for me to choose from. But it does get difficult… Tough to say yes and no for a project. If a script excites me and challenges me as an actor then only I say yes to it.” It was Dibakar Banerjee’s Love Sex aur Dhokha which marked this talented actor’s debut in the industry and thereafter he got noticed for his roles in Kai Po Che!, Shahid and Queen. The 29-year-old actor added, “I want to associate myself with films that are good… Something that people will remember me for. I don’t look if the film comes from a small or a big banner, the script has to move me. I do not categorise a film as commercial or critically acclaimed one. I have been lucky that my films have done good business.”

When asked about the security level provided by the National Award to him he said, “I always felt secured, I never felt insecure about anything. For me acting means a lot, I don’t think too much about other things.” Rao will be seen next in Hansal Mehta’s film again, CityLights, which is scheduled to release next Friday, May 30. He said, “There is a special bond that we (Hansal and him) share. There was a natural bonding that happened when we first met. We understand each other a lot, we don’t need words to express what we want as far as work is concerned.” Rajkummar also said how his real life could be connected to the storyline of CityLights which shows him shifting from Rajasthan to Mumbai for a better life. He said, “I am from a small town Gurgaon and when I came to Mumbai it was very different for me. My difficulties were not that much as that of my character Deepak in the film. My difficulty was to do that one film that will click… So, there was struggle for that.” He will be seen opposite Patralekha in the film.