Before debuting as an actor with Ishaqzaade in 2012, Bollywood actor Arjun Kapor had worked as an assistant director to Nikkhil Advani on Kal Ho Naa Ho and Salaam-e-Ishq.
In an interview with a leading daily, the actor admitted to being ‘privileged’ when he took steps in the film industry and said that he thought being an assistant director would be an easy job. However, he turned out to be ‘horrible’ at it initially. He was speaking at a Clubhouse session with The Bollywood Film Club, moderated by Janice Sequeira and Aniruddha Guha.
The website quoted, “I was a terrible assistant when I started out. I was horrible. I thought it would be a piece of cake and I hate saying this, much like somebody who has grown up in an environment that is sheltered, I was sheltered, I was protected and I was privileged. Privileged does not only mean the financial aspect of it, it is about the security that you have from knowing you can make mistakes and stumble and learn along the way even without getting a qualification in place. I was allowed to do those things, I was allowed to make my mistakes without consequences that have bigger ramifications,”
He further said, “I became an assistant on Kaal Ho Na Ho and I was a terrible one. Terrible in the sense, I used to sleep off on set, I used to walk in after Nikkhil sir, I used to do things that could be done in 15 minutes over four hours. I was just not very good but on set, I was very in love with the process. Then, I started working on Salaam-e-Ishq, I got better. So, I learnt on the job and I realised that I want to make films in some capacity or the other,”
However, on the work front, the actor will be seen next in Pavan Kirpalani’s Bhoot Police, co-starring Saif Ali Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez and Yami Gautam. The film is slated for a direct-to-digital release on Disney+ Hotstar on September 17.
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