Luv Sinha spilling the secrets of Bollywood

Luv Sinha, son of famous Bollywood actor, Shatrughan Sinha has not been seen in any blockbluster or big banner films till now. However, in Gadar 2, he bagged a small but significant character which can get him the accolades he has been waiting for. In an exclusive interview with Adgully Bureau, he speaks about his struggles as an actor as well as his and his family beliefs in Indian values, which are the best.

Your audiences see you less on the silver screen. Are you being quite selective as an actor?

An actor has to be choosy for good work. Maybe the kind of roles I want to do are not coming my way. For this I have started meeting a lot of people for work. There is no harm in meeting people and asking for work if lesser roles are coming your way.

How did you manage to get the role in ‘Gadar 2’?

I was the one who called Anil Sharma Sir when he was planning for Gadar 2. He offered me the guest appearance of ‘Farid’, a small but important character in the film. Sometimes in a big banner film your guest appearance catches a lot of attention. One is also sure to get more visibility in the industry as well.

Have you watched the original Gadar? What do you remember from it?

I remember having seen the film in a single screen in Vile Parle and had so much fun. From a single screen, you get to know the real reactions of audiences. Now-days, multiplexes have all the sober viewers who cannot give their reactions in that way.

Bollywood Industry has witnessed a dry spell this year. Do you agree?

I feel we are going away from our audiences. Now-days the films are being made like Eastern-European and we are expecting our audiences to watch these films excitedly. The great Mani Ratnam Sir had once said, a film should have good songs and music, which needs to be integrated in a perfect way. Such directors are seniors for reasons, they teach us about good blockbuster films.

You belong from an affluent film family being the son of Mr Shatrughan Sinha. What can you recapitulate from your childhood memories from the film sets?

Once I went to the set of my father’s film, Loha, where I got to witness a real bridge explosion. At that point of time there were no computer-generated imagery. From this experience, you can well imagine my experiences as a child to witness that shooting. However, jokes apart the filmy Duniya has been beautiful.

What are the do’s and dont’s of the Sinha family?

We (me and my siblings) have always been told to never let down our family reputation. Our father always says that we should remember our family background. Moreover, he has always told us to keep good company as a man is known from who his friends are! To me, family is more important than anything else. I have been a tee-totaller and haven’t ever partied till late nights. I have always kept in mind that to earn a name it may take 20 years but it can be lost in less than 30 seconds.

What is your take on the OTT boom in India?

It is a great time and as an actor I am open to every medium. My next film, Gangster which also has my father, Shatrughan Sinha will be an OTT movie only. This would be our initial movie as a father-son duo and I am quite excited about it.

Getting back to my first question, why aren’t you the choice for many casting directors?

If I had known the reasons, I would have tried to rectify them. Sadly, I am totally unaware. I don’t know their thought process. People talk about insiders and outsiders in the industry but many-a-times friends of the casting directors get the roles. This is unfair. I feel I should get a chance. In the South film industry when a director meets an actor, he is immediately casted because the director is confident that he can extract the work from the actor.

What advice have you got from your father?

Keep on pushing and hunting for work. Do not lose self confidence and continue working hard. Hrithik Roshan is also my idol, he has been a superstar since more than a decade but still he is so hardworking.

How was facing the camera along with your father?

It was good, I was comfortable. I remember I used to be nervous when I was asked to dance in front of him as a kid. In Gangster I have to go deep to understand my role - we are playing father-son on screen as well.

Your brother Kush Sinha has become a director and has casted Sonakshi Sinha in it. Why are you not a part of this film?

Honesty is the best policy. Just because he is my brother, I will not be working in his films. In future also if he feels that I am suitable for some role, I will act otherwise it is not a necessity.

Do you ever advice your sister Sonakshi ?

Yes, there have been times when I have told her about her choosing wrong films. She is my younger sister and I have full right to advice her if she is wrong. I am very protective about my family.

Sonakshi Sinha has always maintained her ‘no kissing policy’ on screen. What is your take as an actor?

Kissing and love making scenes on camera are beyond my logic. Do directors really feel that if they do not depict that on screen than emotion of love cannot be expressed? Look at our earlier film actors like Sridevi, Amitabh Bachchan etc, they all did romantic scenes but without love making scenes on screen. I again feel this is imbibed from the West. However, every director has his own vision and I respect that.

Will you do intimate scenes on camera?

Never, because I am into Politics and I have to think about my constituency, my people.