Atul Kulkarni is one of the best actors in the industry today as he has given groundbreaking performances in films like Rang De Basanti, Chandni Bar and Hey Ram among others. After many years of acting in front of the camera, Atul donned the writer’s hat with Laal Singh Chaddha, an official remake of the Hollywood cult classic, Forrest Gump. However, the film flopped at the BO, with the #boycottbollywood trend severely hampering business.
ETimes recently caught up with the actor-writer and asked him to share his thoughts on the failure of a massive project like Laal Singh Chaddha. Atul quickly responded and said, “I’ve been in the industry for quite some time and I’ve experienced these things. Whenever you start a project, you think people will like it and love it; sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. it does. So you can’t change the texture of the profession.”
Atul also brushed aside the #boycottbollywood trend sweeping the industry and said, “I think it should be completely left to the audience to decide whether they want to watch something or not, be it a film or a painting . No one should dictate what it is. It should consume…”
Atul also gave his two cents about the happenings in the country and said, “Politics should not be neglected. I am deeply affected by what is happening, not only in the state but across the world.”
He further added, “You can’t and you shouldn’t stand aside because whatever you do in life, at the root of it all is politics, which dictates everything you care about.”
On the work front, Atul is all set to reprise his role as politician Amey Rao Gaikwad in Nagesh Kukunoor’s web series City of Dreams.
