I make sure not to do anything which can be insulting for women- something very common in Punjabi films.
I am a jolly person. I love to laugh and make people laugh all the time.
I act by observation.
Vote is a medium of change and a right one should not waste.
I am not a comedian, I am an actor, and what makes an actor brilliant is his versatility.
'Band Vaaje' is all-in-all a comedy film. But all comic scenes are situational. The jokes are not just for the sake of punches. The film has proper story which we are sure that audiences will love.
I love theatre, but it is losing its value in Punjab. There are no funds or government back up.
Jaspal Bhatti saab was the one who uplifted the image of Sikhs on the national and international stage. There used to be a lot of satire on Sikhs earlier. A guy wearing a turban was portrayed as a joke, but since Bhatti saab entered cinema he changed the entire perspective and idiom of Sardar jokes.
We are indulging in therapy involuntarily when we chose to laugh.
'Vadhaiyan Ji Vadhaiyan' offers a fresh comic take.
After working for a whole year without a break, I made Rs 80,000, and took a loan of 50,000 from my parents. I bought a car, and as luck would have it, it got stolen.
Punjabi culture is very strong and we have thousand of stories, which can be turned into films to keep our generations rooted in the culture.
I liked the character very much and even in general roles like this entice me. I started my journey in Punjabi film industry with negative roles, and then gradually comic roles and situational comedy fell into my kitty.
We need to laugh and laugh loud because this is the only way to handle stress.
The beauty of filmmaking in Punjabi industry is that we never control the fun happening on the set.
But if you ask me personally, when I am doing a negative role it comes real easy to me. It gives me the opportunity of bringing in attitude and a lot of variation.
My own character as Gill Bhai is my favorite.
When we were kids, we didn't have the luxury to take decisions of our life as the right was reserved for our parents. There were a lot of insecurities, not necessarily towards how we look but otherwise as well.
If you look at the success rate of Punjabi film industry, we stand strongly ahead of Bollywood even.
The kind of films being made, that are called experimental, only happens when the industry is confident enough for them to work and I believe that soon we will see a 100 crore blockbuster Punjabi film.
