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  • 4/18/2025
At one point, he was just another chocolate hero. But he’s evolved into a strong character actor with a long list of memorable turns in supporting roles. He turns 50 today.

Thanks to BollywoodHungama.com for the footage!
Transcript
00:00I have come out of such troubles
00:03I am seeing a dream
00:05And I fall in love
01:31I had shaved my beard and had my hair shortened
01:36Even if people used to call me for some audition or something like that
01:41Then they would say, no, no, we want that Jimmy from this thing
01:44So we want that kind of a guy in our film
02:00How does this love happen?
02:09Everywhere that people were writing about me
02:13It was all about chocolate boy, lover boy
02:17I said boss, this story is not going to go beyond 3-4 years
02:21I can't see it
02:23I think by then all the trees will be finished
02:25People will come around me
02:27Lover boy is singing or doing something
02:30I said change the track quickly
02:32Everybody started saying that you are doing lead roles, you are doing two hero projects
02:59Why do you want to do a smaller role or play a character in any film?
03:05Why would you want to do that?
03:07But I said it's a brilliant script
03:09And everywhere else in the world people are doing these kind of roles
03:13Why should we not do it over here?
03:30Are you laughing?
03:32Or is it someone else's life?
03:46In Strangers there was a very grey character that I played
03:59He will keep the original as well as the duplicate
04:13So the journey has been steady, it's been nice