MUMBAI, India – February 1 (ONLINE) Legendary Indian actor Anupam Kher has said his upcoming feature ‘Shiv Shastri Balboa’ is a special film as it gave him the opportunity to play a title role after being around in showbiz for over three decades.
“Neena and I have been doing so much work for years. Now, we have got this recognition. Earlier, I would have a small face on a poster of a film.
Now, after 38 years in the movie business I am on the main poster with my heroine. That is a great achievement,” Kher told media correspondents.
“All this you can achieve with hard work and not necessarily (with) stardom. In my 37 years of career, there are many people who came and went, but we are still here,” the actor, known for ‘Saraansh’, ‘Karma’, and ‘The Kashmir Files’, told reporters here on Tuesday evening.
He was speaking at the trailer launch of ‘Shiv Shastri Balboa’.
Gupta, who saw career resurgence following films such as ‘Badhaai Ho’, ‘Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar’ and Netflix series ‘Masaba Masaba’, said she feels blessed to not get stereotyped as a mother on screen.
“I am getting to do good roles that are close to my age. I am not just playing the mummy roles. In one film, I am playing the title role. It is a very big thing for me,” she said.
“This divide between supporting actors shouldn’t be there. An actor is an actor, irrespective of whether they are in a supporting role or not, I will do my job honestly as an actor,” she added.
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