Saif Ali Khan may be one of the most noted actors in the Hindi film industry but he doesn't enjoy the sense of superstardom as the other Khans do, namely Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan. The Sacred Games actor has acknowledged the same but also said that it has actually worked in his favour because it allowed him to experiment with his choice of films and forge his own path as an actor. “I have to say these guys - Shah Rukh, Salman and Aamir - were kind of born somehow to be actors. I think it must have been a childhood ambition. Certainly, I know it was for two of them. I don’t know if it was Salman’s ambition anyway but he was certainly built for it and made for the kind of success he saw. I joined movies at a time where you got to aim to either be a superstar or not bother. And there’s a point there. It wasn’t really about nuance, different kinds of characters...all that has happened now,” Saif said in an interview with a leading film portal.
“For me, films have also changed. I am being offered complex roles and parts, and it is possible to make a lucrative living that can support a fairly lovely lifestyle,” he added. Saif also thanked Akshay Kumar for helping him make it big in Bollywood. The two have starred together in hits like Yeh Dillagi, Main Khiladi Tu Anari and Tashan. “If I was cute and fun in a lot of movies and I did a lot of work with Akshay Kumar, who perhaps lacked at that point, cute and fun, so we made a kind of super-person and found our way in the industry. I completed him and he completed me. I think that’s why we are so fond of each other till today. We realise we owe each other that, in a sense,” he said.
from filmfares
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