Maharash Shah (DNA; June 2, 2014)

It is always tricky for an actor to refuse a film offered by his/her mentor. Sushant Singh Rajput was launched in a film by Abhishek Kapoor in Kai Po Che. He went on to bag big films and big banners post that. However, he walked out of Kapoor’s next film Fitoor. And now Rajkummar Rao, who got his big screen debut thanks to Ekta Kapoor in Love Sex Aur Dhokha and Ragini MMS, has turned down an offer to act in the third part of the sex comedy series after Kyaa Kool Hai Hum, and Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum.

Rajkummar admits he isn’t doing the film, “But I really hope they come back to me with another film. I hope that they understand I haven’t developed an ego, or have an attitude problem. It is very tough to say no. People should also understand, there are certain roles that I want to do and certain movies that I want to do. I have nothing against a sex comedy but somewhere I don’t see myself in that genre or such scripts. I’d do a sex comedy —– but when it fits my personal sensibility.”

Like a Delhi Belly? “Yeah, maybe like a Delhi Belly, also I cannot do 10 movies in one year. I have prior commitments that I have to finish this year. Also, I try and do one film at a time because I want to focus all my energies on it. Now on the subject, I want to tell all the people that I have said no to, there is nothing personal against them, and they’ve got good scripts, it’s just that they didn’t motivate me enough to do them.”