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Fawad Khan: “Would love to be a rock star again”

Fawad Khan
Fawad Khan

Fawad Khan is making waves in India with consecutive back-to-back hits with ‘Khoobsurat’ (2014) and ‘Kapoor and Sons’ (2016). He’s performed with a string of Bollywood celebs, from Sidharth Malhotra and Sonam Kapoor to Rishi Kapoor. However, the Pakistani heartthrob stated that he would much rather be a rock star since it was a better experience than acting.

In an interview with Times of India,��Khan said, “I will be cautious about my roles, as there are a lot of characters. I’d like to play which could be controversial.”

He also talked about the fear which he has being a new to Bollywood. “My only fear is whether I will be able to pull off a certain role convincingly. The audience might not fall in love with me as a star, but as long as they love the characters I play, I’m happy. All the rest I got would be bonus.”

The actor also disclosed about his rockstar time. He said, “I was a rebel and I used to wear my hair long (points to his shoulder). Those were my rock star days. At one point I was a rebel without a cause, just for the sake of it. I used to be a backbencher in class, but that was because I wanted to go to the university where most of my friends went to, especially my wife. And I had been coerced by my father to go to a university and study a curriculum which I wasn’t so excited about.”

“We were all into metal, rock and the underground band culture was thriving then. So, it became a bit of an escape for me, and I remember sometimes I would take a pillow to school. I would pull a couple of chairs together at the back, lie down and go to sleep and wake up only during roll call. I took pangas like that. Then I got into a rock band and we would perform underground gigs,” he added further.

Khan also shared his wish to be a rockstar again, “I would love to be a rock star again, if I could find that talent and vocal chord in me which I’ve been looking very hard for all these years. I haven’t managed to find it, so I had to choose the life of an actor.”

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