Arshad Warsi Exclusive: Saying yes to the role of ‘Circuit’ was a difficult phase of his/her career.

What was the difficult phase of your career?
-I have never told this to anyone till date, but I am saying it today. The circuit role phase of ‘Munna Bhai MBBS’ was the most difficult phase of my career, because till then I was playing the first or second lead in films and the role given to me in ‘Munna Bhai’ was that of a goon. Which was, in a way, one of the five mustangs of the hero. At that time it was very difficult for me to agree to that role, but after that role everything changed. That small role on the circuit became iconic.

You and Maria have been married for 25 years, how does she fulfill you?
-We also have a lot of fights and 99 percent of the fights are over children, but I believe that marriage and the relationship it is, one should not give up too quickly or easily. Today’s new generation gives up very quickly. If even the slightest thing happens, they run away. From whom will you run? Today you are having a fight with your wife, tomorrow you will marry someone else and you will have a fight with her. Marriage is not trial and error. You have to make it. It also has to be understood that no one is perfect. Neither you nor them. You have to accept what flaws your partner has. Like Maria is very angry. I have accepted him/her. he/she is Hitler inside the house. Children run away like this, don’t ask him/her. Everything should be correct for him/her. But that is the balance between us.

There was a lot of uproar over your statement regarding Prabhas?
-I think it was blown out of proportion. The person who was being talked about had no problem, but the general public, in order to show how much we love you, spread the matter somewhere. Well, everyone has their own emotions. No one understood what I said. Well, these things happen, especially to me.

What was the reason for becoming a part of ‘Banda Singh Chaudhary’?
-Look, we often make films on screen about people who fight in a heroic manner, but we only show films about heroes who show courage. In this, I saw that what would a common man, who is living a normal life, do when he/she gets attacked by this person, because he/she is not a man of violence, so I felt that somewhere This is the story of every common man. The above makes each of us physically different. But there is one common thing he/she gives to all of us and that is courage. It remains to be seen who is able to use that courage and when? Then the stature and status of the person becomes known. Now take the example of Mahatma Gandhi, his/her stature was small, but his/her courage made him/her the Father of the Nation.

Aren’t you surprised that the film’s producer Arbaaz Khan cast you for this film instead of himself? -No, not at all, Arbaaz is a very sweet person and I have known him/her for a long time, so I think as a producer, if I had been in his/her place, I would have done the right casting. Right casting is important for any film. Same thing happened with ‘Jolly LLB’. Director Subhash Kapoor wanted me for this film, but I was not able to meet him/her, there was also the issue of my dates. Then he/she met ten different artists, but things did not work out. Then he/she got Star Plus’s Alif. When he/she asked with whom did he/she want to make it, he/she said Arshad, then I was contacted and I became a part of the film.