He was to debut in Aamir Khan’s Dangal (given the secrecy around the project, he won’t say as what), but Aparshakti Khurrana is now set to be launched in Bollywood as a villain with a film called Babbu Ki Jawani. And the newcomer has no qualms admitting he got the latter role thanks to his brother. He says, “I admit UTV gave me Babbu Ki Jawani on Ayush bhaiyya’s recommendation.”
Directed by newcomer Amritpal Singh Bindra, BKJ has Karan Wahi playing the leading man. But the younger Khurrana, a state-level football player, is cool with playing the villain. “I’d love to shock people by playing a negative character. With the dense eyebrows I think I can pull it off,” he says.
He quips, “I won’t say BKJ is a perfect start or a dream launch. I had great fun being mean in the film and I learnt a lot on the job. I wish there was a Karan Johar to do a Student Of The Year with me. That would been really cool.”
“Not too many newcomers get dream launches. My brother was lucky with Vicky Donor. I saw no point in getting carried away and thinking I have my career is made just because I’m Ayushmann Khurrana’s brother. I decided to start with a quirky film,” he continues.
He is practical enough to admit he has limited Bollywood options. “Neeraj Pandey’s production Saat Uchakke is the first project that came my way and I couldn’t say no to it. That role I got totally on my own merit. In this industry no one cares whose brother I am.”
