Fawad Khan chats about film, fashion and personal style

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Fawad Khan chats about film, fashion and personal style. Fawad Khan speaks to Gulf News tabloid! about breaking into Bollywood, his success secrets as an actor and the size of his wardrobe. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00I feel that every project of mine becomes a bit of a milestone in my life, and so is

00:15Hoopsurat in a lot of ways, and it's introduced me to this really huge, new, and amazing and

00:22very close to home kind of an audience.

00:24I enjoyed it, the process, the journey, and working with the team, which to be very honest,

00:29you know, the kapoors, it's like working with family at home, it was so comfortable all

00:33the time.

00:34So I kind of enjoyed the whole journey, the whole ride, and wherever I am today, irrespective

00:39of whatever the results may have been, I think it would have been a very memorable chapter

00:42of my life.

00:43So, yeah, when I look at it, it brings back a lot of fond memories, and I guess that's

00:48the best way to look at it.

00:53It was kind of easy, you know, the funny part is that yes, you know, I'm very lucky, thank

00:57God I'm very lucky, and things have been so easy so far, but it was fairly simple.

01:04They had seen my work, they thought I fit the role, and I did a couple of scenes with

01:09them, I read the script, and I flew down, and they said, okay, when do we start?

01:13So it was pretty much just one, two, three.

01:17And once it started, yes, obviously, you know, I do get butterflies in my stomach, and that

01:21happens before any project, even a television project, you know, how it's going to be received

01:24by the audience.

01:25So that was there the whole time, but I think because I wasn't so serious about, you know,

01:30saying that I want this piece of the pie, and I would rather just enjoy it, enjoy being

01:35a part of it, that's why I think these things did not make anything too difficult for me.

01:43Mumbai is a beautiful city, and it's amazing, the kind of energy and the kind of vibe, and

01:50you know, but the thing is that I just had to pick up the whole family, everyone around

01:54me, and just move there, and then again, see, Lahore is where I was born and bred.

02:03I give all the credit to my team, I always do, and it's always safe to do that, you know,

02:08if a project bombs, you can blame it on them, if it succeeds, you can blame it on them.

02:12Very, very, very, that's a very pragmatic stand to take.

02:15It is, it is, definitely is, but very genuinely, and honestly, I mean it, I, you know, I owe

02:21it to the whole team that I was working with.

02:25I just think that whenever you do something with a little, you know, honesty, with a little

02:30bit of dedication, loyalty, and if you're in sync with the people around you, something

02:35of the other good turns out of it.

02:37I did not expect it to be this big, but obviously, you know, you get that feel-good factor from

02:41it when you're shooting it, so when you get that feel-good factor while you're shooting

02:45you obviously expect to see it that way as well, so I did not, I did not, you know, I

02:53could never have perceived how big this would have become.

02:59My wife spearheads that, yeah, she came up with the idea, the concept was hers, the design

03:05was hers, it's completely her baby.

03:10I think I have an army of people looking after me because, you see, the thing is that I feel

03:14that I observe a lot, and I try to pick out whatever suits me best, and there are a couple

03:19of people who really influence my sense of style.

03:22I must say that my wife is one of them.

03:27They're friends back at home, there's a couple of friends back at home, there's a director,

03:31he's a very renowned director back in Pakistan, his name's Asim, so, you know, got to learn

03:38a lot from him as well, so there are a couple of people, but then again, you see, it's something

03:43that I like to just stick to, what's very basic and what's very simple.

03:47I don't try to be too flashy, or to wear something that doesn't suit me.

03:50For me, that's what fashion means, whatever suits you is good, it does not have to suit

03:54anyone else, it does not have to be the trend, or the rave of the season.

03:59The strange thing is, I really don't know what is in my wardrobe.

04:02I have such a small closet, that everything is kind of, you know, it's in a ball.

04:13It's in a ball.

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