Akshay Oberoi: If actors turn down a part, that’s the part I want
I want to do stuff that no one else wants to do, says Akshay
Last year Karan Johar revealed that six actors including Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan, Farhan Akhtar and others turned down Fawad Khan’s role in Kapoor & Sons because the character was gay and the actors felt it might harm their image. However, Akshay Kumar played a gay character in Dishoom and it was the highlight of the film. Now, his namesake Akshay Oberoi, who has played a queer character in a short film, says, “I find it completely ridiculous to hear an actor saying, ‘Main yeh nahi karunga’. If actors turn down a part, that’s the part I want. I want to do stuff that no one else wants to do.”