'I want to be thrown into the deeper end more and more'

Mumbai: Sunny Kaushal said that like every actor, he too is waiting for his ‘Zanjeer’ and ‘Uri’ moment where they get that one film that allows them to take the next step.

Asked whether he was waiting for his ‘Uri’ moment, the film that became one of the most successful movies in his brother’s career, Sunny said that it was originally called ‘Zanjeer moment’, the 1973 film that launched megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s career after a string of flops.

“I think every actor is waiting for it. I would like to call it the ‘Zanjeer’ moment because that is originally the ‘Zanjeer’ moment. Every actor is waiting for that one film that will allow them to take the next steps so that they can explore more about themselves,” the 34-year-old told the top news agency.

Once an actor has achieved that kind of success, it allows them to take up riskier projects, he said. “It’s good for an artist to be at the edge when they are against the wall because that’s what keeps them alive. I want to be thrown into the deeper end more and more. I think we all are waiting for that moment,” he added.

Nobody expected that ‘Uri’, which was released in 2019, would become so big, said Sunny.

“‘Uri’... We didn’t expect it to be that big. But when it came out, everybody was just pleasantly surprised and they just took to it, which is why it became what it became. When it happens, it happens but I can’t be under that pressure. I can just think about doing honest work, and that’s it,” he said, adding that nobody starts working on a film by imagining its fate.

“You just make an honest film and then it really is up to the audience,” he said.

According to the actor, who also worked as an assistant director on two movies, everyone on the set pours their ‘heart and soul’ into making a movie and success and failures are equally shared. But sometimes even when the film works, one may not receive appreciation as an actor. “That’s also a bittersweet moment,” said the Bollywood actor.