India Today – August 19, 2019

Q. Doyouhaveanyregretsabout
anythingyoudidasavillain
on-screen?
The disrespecttofemalecharacters
and thetreatingoftheminaphysically
humiliatingway—IwouldsayIplayed
thoseroleswithtremendousgrace,
but ifIhadachoice,Iwouldhavehad
the filmmakerdomuchlessofthat.

Q.Howdoyoulookbackon

yourwork?

Tobehonest,assoonasIfinish

starttofindroughedges.Ifeel‘A

Icouldhavedoneitbetter’.

Q.Anythingyouwouldhavedone

differentlywhenyoutriedmovingto

Hollywoodinthenineties?

IthinkIdiditattherighttime.Itwasnot

justapersonaltriumph—Iwasableto

exposethemtowonderfullypopularIndian

cinema,whichtheyhadnotheardof.

COLOUR

ME BAD

Q A

Though his characters such as

Chappan Tikli and Tapasvi Gunjal

could never quite redeem

themselves, Gulshan Grover has

set the record straight with his

autobiography, Bad Man

184 Volume XLIV Number 33; For the week August 13-19, 2019, published on every FridayTotal number of pages 140 (including cover pages)

—with Bhavya Dore

Q.Have you felt tra

by that image?

I created the image myself

in it—I wanted to build a

happy I did it, I’m not at all

Q.You talk about how your villainous

image carries off-screen as well. Is it

satisfying or annoying?

When you play a villain, that image affects

you. Even very progressive ad filmmakers

rarely cast a villain to endorse a product.