Randeep Hooda: I wasted all my money on flamboyant women and slow horses, now I will do dancing and singing roles

Learned patience and playfulness from horses

Randeep Hooda’s love for horses is well known. he/she said, ‘I have seven horses. One or two have become old, I don’t hand them over to anyone. I am very fond of them. If your parents become old, you don’t throw them away. It’s the same thing. Among my seven horses, there are two children too. They are like my family. For me, horses have been the biggest means of disconnecting from the outside world. I have learnt tolerance from horses, I have learnt playfulness. I have learnt to be strong despite being soft. I have also learnt that you cannot teach someone those things by beating, which can be taught with love.

My wife Lynn and I become kids sometimes

Randeep, who recently returned from Kerala after a two-day honeymoon, said, ‘Lin (his/her wife) and I have been friends for a long time. At that time I used to play in Naseer sahab’s (Naseeruddin Shah) Motley Theatre Group. Lin also came there to help in the theatre and then we met. We kept meeting and parting, but then after a long time we met and we became friends. Then during Covid, we started living together. Then a day came when we decided to get married. I had lost all my money on flamboyant women and slow horses. I also wanted stability. Culturally, socially and spiritually, she is the bridge between my passion and me. Together we both become two children and I get the most peace at that time. Since I am newly married now, I want to play the role of a husband, so that my wife is also happy and my family also moves forward.

build a house in the woods

Randeep told that after the film he/she has become very exhausted and wants to refresh himself. he/she said, ‘First of all I want to take care of my health. I want to eat and drink a lot without any restrictions. I have spent a lot of time in the jungle. I want to build a house in the jungle. I want to get lost in things like stones, cement, cow dung, plants, architecture in the house. I also want to spend time with animals. These days I am paying more attention to my personal life.’

I won’t mess with my body anymore

Randeep Hooda lost about 30 kg of weight for his/her film. What effect did it have on his/her health? On this, he/she said, ‘This process of weight loss has been with me for a long time, so due to that sometimes I do not feel life in my body. I would like that I do not do this to my body in future. In future, I will do roles of dancing and singing with the heroine, smoking cigarettes and showing style, that too is a way to earn more money. As far as health problems after Covid are concerned, I wanted to take the vaccine. My parents took the same and they did not even have fever for a day, but we were told that it is not approved by WHO. I had to go abroad for shooting, so I had to take another vaccine, due to which diseases are occurring.’

‘People have started calling me a Sanghi actor’

About his/her political ideology, he/she says, ‘After Veer Savarkar, people started saying that I have become a Sanghi actor, but I would like to say that I have put my heart and soul into every character. If I did not become Charles by playing Charles Sobhraj, then how will I become a right winger by playing Savarkar? I believe that what is wrong in belonging to the Sangh, BJP or Congress? We live in a democracy, I am also a citizen. People take many kinds of stands, so do they become like that. I want to say that I am neither from this side nor from that side, I am just an artist. My political ideology is my personal ideology and it is measured and weighed on its merit. I am not partisan. I am interested in who will run my village, city and country well. Why be proud of your culture and be ashamed of belonging to a majority class. Why do you put labels?’