Ali Fazal loves women but after doing a couple now he's opting for male-centric films
While he loves women and says they are extremely important, Ali Fazal has decided to stay away from women-centric films for sometime. His last release (Jagga Jasoos opposite Vidya Balan) and his next release (Sonali Cable opposite Rhea Chakroborty) are both women-centric films. The actor has earlier acted in films like 3 Idiots, Fukrey, Murder 3 and Always Kabhi Kabhi and the Hollywood action film Fast & Furious 7.
Says a source, "Post Sonal Cable Ali has now signed two dark and edgy thrillers and one a comedy. He is very sure that after doing women-oriented films right now he doesn't want to take on any more of such films as the audience is beginning to typecast him. He has taken a conscious decision and has turned down a few films which had a woman as the central protagonist. Currently he is shooting for Mukesh Bhatt's Khamoshiyan after which he begins Shagufta Rafique's Nark - To Hell And Back. Shagufta's film is a dark love story and Ali's first film as a solo lead. His third film is Vishwaas Paandya's black comedy Baba Black Sheep . It also stars Anupam Kher and Annu Kapoor."
Ali confirms, "I love women - who doesn't but yes, I am avoiding women-oriented films now for the time being. Even during Jagga Jasoos I had some apprehensions before I signed the film. I am very harsh about what I require from a film - what the script gives me and what I have to do. I said yes after I heard the songs and the script narration. The fact that it was a love story revolving around a female detective attracted me. Sonali Cable also is a women-centric film and the title is also like that. My mother (Smita Jaykar) who is a powerful politician and I are partners in a local cable company. But Sonali (who runs a parallel cable company) and I fall in love. I support her and there's an unsaid romance romance begtween us. Anupam Kher is another cable operator who wants to run Sonal our of business. It's a political drama with emotional layers to it. Maybe subconsciously I chose my next three films which were male-centric but I think now it's a more conscious decsion to stay away from women-centric films. People keep asking me if I am playing second fiddle to women and I am feeling comfortable about it. Audience are getting the impression that I am doing supporting roles."
Ali says that he loved the scripts of Khamoshiyan and Nark - To Hell And Back because of the dark and edgy feel that his characters have. "In Khamoshiyan I play a romace writer who has grey shades. It's a psycho-thriller and is about his journey from a narcissist-obsessive character who consciously tries to fight the grey elements in persona and emerge a better man. Nark is a dark love story and the scary bits about the story is what attracted me to the film. But I am most excited about Baba Black Sheep as it's a madcap fun film. I needed to do something completely different after these dark and brooding roles."
The actor chooses his roles according to the production company and the script. "Though I am instinctive about selecting my roles, roles ki mamla mein, mein chor bhi hoon (laughs)! I keep picking people's brains of stars like Shah Rukh bhai (he had produced Always Kabhi Kabhi) and Aamir Khan (worked with him in 3 Idiots). Everyone wants to be part of a decent production house who will promote their films well and take it to the audience."
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