Dulquer Salmaan explains why he's doing infrequent Hindi films

Actor Dulquer Salmaan , who predominantly works in Malayalam-language films, has appeared in a few Hindi films like Karwaan and The Zoya Factor . The actor has been quite on and off with taking up Bollywood projects. After three years, he is set to feature in two projects, a web series Guns and Gulaabs, and an R Balki’s untitled film.

In a recent interview with Hindustan Times, the actor revealed that he doesn’t believe in over-exposure.On being asked about his sporadic work in Bollywood, he said,” hear the same complaint from every industry I work in, which is actually very sweet. I’m humbled that the audience misses seeing me onscreen. I would rather that they miss me than be like, ‘Oh no! Not him again! We just saw him last month. He already had four releases this year. How many more films will we see him in?’ I think being a little exclusive works in my favour.”

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For the unversed, Dulquer made his acting debut with the 2012 Malayalam film Second Show. He also worked in Tamil films and made his mark in the south film industry. He made his Bollywood debut with Karwaan in 2018 alongside the late Irrfan Khan and Mithila Palkar. Then after a year, appeared in Sonam Kapoor starrer The Zoya Factor.

Salmaan also spoke about the initial days of his acting career in Malayalam cinema. “I came into the industry literally terrified, insecure, and completely unsure of my future. I used to wonder if people would be open to watching me onscreen for two hours. There were so many doubts in my head. I literally took one film at a time, and I stuck to my guns about the kind of things I want to do. I didn’t want to do remakes and sequels. I didn’t even want to do bilinguals at that time because they weren’t working well. If you told me ten years back that I would go on to work in four languages and be recognised and accepted, I wouldn’t have believed you.”

Meanwhile, Dulquer last appeared in Tamil film Hey Sinamika co-starring Aditi Rao Hydari and Kajal Aggarwal.