Arshad Warsi: We all get stereotyped as actors

By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, Jan 9 : Arshad Warsi feels it is easy to get stereotyped as an actor, and very difficult to break away from it. The actor says he has managed to evade the image trap despite his overwhelming popularity in comic roles only because his serious roles were equally loved.
“It is difficult (to break away from stereotypes). We all get stereotyped — all of us do, every actor does. That’s how it is. You do a certain role or you do something that people enjoy, and then that is what you keep getting because that is ringing the box office,” Arshad told IANS.
“It becomes difficult to get out of it. Fortunately for me, I’ve managed to do that purely because people have enjoyed my serious acting as well as my comedy,” he added.
The actor continued: “Usually, when somebody does comedy, a lot of (his/her) serious roles don’t work because you can’t get that person out of the head.” Opening up about his way of doing it, Arshad said: “I tend to get into the character so much that I make you forget who I am. I make you forget what my previous one was, and that works for me. In ‘Asur’, people just accepted me in such a serious role as a forensic scientist. And then ‘Durgamati: The Myth’ was on the same lines, I got to do something completely different from what I’m usually offered, which is a breath of fresh air and it feels wonderful.” Before entering Bollywood as an actor, Arshad worked as an assistant director and choreographed a song for the 1993 film “Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja”. He made his acting debut in 1996 with “Tere Mere Sapne”, which was a box office success.