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He wears his attitude up his sleeve. Comfortable in his skin, ahem his handlebar moustaches that he keeps fondling time and again, Ranveer Singh is very much aware of his star quotient. But that doesn’t stop him from being as likeable and agreeable as the characters he plays onscreen.
With just the right degree of chutzpah, he walks with an air of confidence of a man who has tasted success and can smell more coming his way. If Band Baaja Baaraat brought him instant success and a string of awards like Filmfare as well as Zee Cine Award for Best Male Debut and Lootera earned him unequivocal critical acclaim, with upcoming Ram-Leela, he hopes to move into a new turf. Indeed, he thinks Ram-Leela can make his career jump forward by leaps and bounds. The film, a love ballad set in Gujarat, that is very special to Sanjay Leela Bhansali is special to him too for it’s where he learnt about his craft like never before. Walking on to the sets like a blank slate, handed over four pages of dialogues minutes before the scene or no dialogues with a four-page reference point on how to emote was both intimidating and liberating. But he didn’t mind the gruelling schedule that also involved an act in freezing water. In a way being part of a Bhansali film, he understands too well, is an honour in itself. "For who doesn’t know the tough taskmaster works with very best in the film industry. What’s even better is that he brings out the best in the finest actors too." So Ranveer promises the film, "a palette of emotions" will reveal many new shades of the actor in him as well as unveil his sex appeal.
"See I have worked in love stories and without a doubt, without a competent actress like Anushkha playing a Shruti, there wouldn’t be a Bittoo in Band Baaja Baaraat, without a perfect Leela, Ram would be incomplete." And it’s because of this professional respect, not personal intimacy, that he is more than comfortable doing intimate scenes with his co-actresses. On the bold, bolder avatar of Hindi cinema, he has no problems with and asserts, "For me, the hot scenes are just another act in the narrative." No, he doesn’t think films try to ride high on the bandwagon of torrid smouldering scenes. He quips, "No film goes out screaming, here is a kissing scene, so come and watch it." The only reason why he would like viewers to go and see his films are for these are diverse, unique and not run of the mill. He is choosy to the point that he would rather take a hiatus, go see the world or acquire a new skill than slip into a mundane part. His mission is simply to be part of the best films. The twinkle in his eye reveals he is aware he already has acted in some fine films. Five years from now, he will be too happy writing films, doing music. But right now, he is content basking in the limelight, "loving the attention I am getting" and doing roles as different as chalk and cheese. On the sidelights, he doesn’t mind being a fashion icon or even an object of desire. After all "Cinema is a visual medium" and what you see is what you may not get but certainly looking good has many spinoff benefits. Apart from fashion magazines chasing you, there is an avid female fan following, as a by-product, but not the least of it.
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As the film will see him
transform into an object of desire, he qualifies that the change in
his guy next-door image had actually begun with Ladies vs Ricky
Bahl in which he played quite a ladies’ man. Out to enact a
village stud in Ram-Leela, who eyes girls and girls lust after
him, he wouldn’t say whether the uninhibited him is like the playboy
Ram or who his Leela is in real life. Hailing his mother as the most
beautiful woman in the world, he dodges personal queries like a pro.
The actor rumoured to be having an affair with virtually every heroine
that he has worked with, however, is all praise for his heroines,
especially Deepika Padukone, the female lead of Ram-Leela
Deepika
Padukone