MUMBAI: Many were surprised to see Ranvir Shorey join Bigg Boss OTT for the third season. His motivation for joining the reality show stunned them even more. He disclosed that he was going through a phase where he was not getting offers and that he had been shot for a few projects that never came to reality.
At that point, he decided to try the show. He is presently featured in the detective web series Shekhar Home, which is available to stream on Jio Cinema, after Bigg Boss OTT.
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Ranvir stated in an interview with the popular news portal that he thought his career would take a different path when he was offered a script by David Dhawan having previously worked on commercial films such as Singh Is Kinng. Remembering the hilarious incident, he said, “My funniest casting experience involved David Dhawan sir. I was fresh off a few mainstream films. He called me up and told me, ‘Tu bahot achcha actor hai, beta. Tu kya kaam karta hai, Ranvir!’”
Upon David Dhawan’s insistence, Ranvir decided to sign the film. Narrating what happened next, Ranvir shares, “He then told me to do his next film called Do Knot Disturb, starring Govinda. It was their comeback film together as a director-actor duo. Since David sir is a box office icon, I said yes under that pressure. And then he gave me a role where I was a dead body for almost 90 percent of the film (laughs). I’ll never forget that! After that, his words ‘tu bahot achcha actor hai’ kept ringing in my ears!”
But did he have any qualms about speaking on Bigg Boss OTT 3 about the lull in his career? “I’ve seen both—the lack of work and the lack of good work. But when I spoke about it back then, I was talking about the lack of any kind of work. The choice not to work is a luxury, but having no offers is a tough period. I’ve seen it more than once in my career, and I don’t feel ashamed of talking about it. It’s part of an actor’s life, and I don’t think there’s any harm in expressing it,” says the Khosla Ka Ghosla and Ek Tha Tiger actor.
Many people believe that "good actors are rich," but Ranvir disputes this notion. Stressing that some people struggle more than others, he says, “It isn’t the case with a lot of us. It’s important to have savings. There are two kinds of actors. I’m sorry if my words offend anyone, but there are many whose parents send them stipends. They don’t have any money issues in their lives. They’re here just for the fame and fortune. But there are other actors, like myself, who depend on acting to pay their bills. For us, there’s no plan B. And for those people, I think the dearth of work is a slightly more pressing matter.”
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