MUMBAI: Actor-comedian Ali Asgar’s popularity as a flamboyant grandmother from “Comedy Nights with Kapil” is his most famous performance but the actor says he is ready to ditch the costume if given a challenging role.
The actor said the success of ‘Dadi’ has been a blessing but also limiting to a certain extent. “An image is being built about me that I like doing only female characters and that it is my comfort zone. The day I get an exciting role, I will leave this (female) costume. I am hungry for good roles. I want to be challenged as an actor, I want to work hard on a character,” Ali told reporters. The actor said he has no complaints that female characters have become his identity but breaking out of a set image is important for him.
“..I am not complaining, I don’t want to blame anybody. I keep acting in films, I did one called ‘Amaavas’, it will release in January, I did ‘Judwaa 2’, hosted award shows, where I am Ali Asgar playing different male parts.
“Only because people are saying I am playing female parts doesn’t mean I take up daily soaps, where I would get to play a male character. I don’t want to do that,” he said. (AGENCIES)
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