‘I’ve always been a risk-taker, have no other option’

Ayushmann Khurrana doesn’t believe in playing it safe. The actor challenges status quo in his films, sprinkling some mainstream masala on issue-based cinema. The formula has worked and his latest, Abhishek Kapoor’s ‘Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui’, is a case in point. The film looks at how India perceives the transgender community, with Khurrana’s alpha guy Mannu perhaps a stand-in for a large chunk of the population, according to Indian Express.

From his very first film (Vicky Donor), Ayushmann has been an actor who chose content driven films and has stuck to it. Doesn’t he think it limits him as an actor and the choices of films? The 37-year-old actor says it comes naturally to him to do films with risky subjects.

Ayushmann said, “I think it will always be difficult. I started my film career with a risky subject. I’ve always been a risk-taker, I have no other option. And, it is very difficult to find great scripts, and it is more than difficult to find a script which is known as a content script and still resonates with the masses and has a wider reach.”

He added, “If you are making a very niche film for a woke audience there will be no change. Change can only happen if you put that subject in the realm of commercial cinema. Only that can usher change, otherwise it becomes an inside joke.”

“The kind of films I look forward to are films that brace transformation as cinema plays a great role in transforming the society,” the actor said further.