‘I WANT TO COPYRIGHT MY VOICE’

Sunny Deol talks to PT during a visit to the city

ONLY JATT: Sunny Deol

HE does not carry the chocolate boy image, nor is he the guy-next-door girls swoon for. But Sunny Deol has a special charm that has won him countless fans nationwide.When the actor was in city for the promotion of his latest film, Yamla Pagla Deewana, the crowd went berserk. “I guess it’s for papa,” said the modest actor who was last seen in Khuda Kasam and Right Yaa Wrong. Right Yaa Wrong received a lot of critical acclaim but failed at box office. What could have gone wrong, we ask. “RYW was a very good film. Post that movie, I have realised the importance of reaching out to people. Promoting a movie is as important as making a good film. And hence, for YPD, we did not leave any stone unturned.”

But the actor has been working on and off, and we do not see much of him on the big screen. “It’s not that I have not been working, but due to health-related ssues I could not do many movies,” Sunny says. He feels that Bollywood has imbibed the corporate culture, and things are very different now. “Yes, there is a lot of change in the way things work now. Initially, I found it a little difficult to adjust. But after YPD, I understand its need.”

Sunny has always been known for his macho roles. How was it doing a comedy after a long time? “All characters are different, and an actor has to get into different shoes all the time. You have to be creative. In fact, I am doing another movie which is a rom-com along the lines of Harry Met Sally.” The actor was recently in the news for talking about the need to copyright his voice. On being quizzed about it, he says, “Yes, I really want to do that. It’s not that you do not enjoy people mimicking you. But there had to be a limit to everything. There have been times when people have crossed the line. The act, instead of being a comedy, becomes an insult. And you can go and stop everyone from not doing that.” So does he want his son to enter movies as well? “Karan wants to become an actor but he still has time. He is too young to enter Bollywood now. It will take him two to three years,” he signs off.