Bollywood actor Riteish Deshmukh, who plays an investigative journalist in the forthcoming film ‘Rann’, says sting operations are fun as long as ‘we (celebrities) are not at the receiving end’.
‘I play an investigative journalist in ‘Rann’ and there is a sting operation that I do. I’ve never done it before in my life. But it was good fun. There is this constant fear of getting caught. But when we are at the receiving end, it doesn’t feel too great,’ Riteish told IANS in an interview.
The 31-year-old plays Purab Shastri in ‘Rann’, which is an attempt by the director Ram Gopal Varma to ‘expose the media’.
Riteish, who has been mostly seen in comic roles in films like ‘Bluffmaster’, ‘Heyy Babyy’, ‘Dhamaal’ and ‘Do Knot Disturb’, has sported a completely new look in the film.
From his fairly long locks, he has opted for a crew cut so that he looks serious enough for the role.
‘Whenever people see me, they think that I am going to come on screen and make them laugh because I have been attached to comedy movies and comic characters. I get a lot of mails and lot of Tweets (messages on Twitter) from people saying, ‘We are waiting to see you make us laugh.’ So I thought if I am playing a serious role, people should take me seriously and that required a certain look. Read more…
