<p>Some actors have to wait for years before they get the chance to play <br />a double role but Arjun Kapoor is one of the lucky few who essayed two <br />characters in his second film. <br /><br /></p>.<p>He admits that this was a challenge that any actor would love to take on. The 27-year-old entered filmdom as a ruffian in Ishaqzaade and in his second venture, Aurangzeb, he ended up playing a double role. <br /><br />“It is a challenge that every actor dreams of doing in his career. I got it so soon and I jumped at it. I guess only Hrithik had done this in his first film (Kaho Naa...Pyaar Hai). I got it in my second. For me, the process of finding the two characters was interesting,” Arjun says. <br /><br />Directed by Atul Sabharwal, the film opened to good reviews. Besides Arjun, it stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Rishi Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Amrita Singh and Sasheh Aagha. <br />Arjun stepped in to play Ajay and Vishal, who are completely opposite characters. <br /><br />The main challenge was to portray the two characters with conviction, explains <br />Arjun.<br /><br /> “On the sets, while playing Vishal, I used to remember Ajay, so that I don’t play it like Ajay and vice versa,” he adds. He never expected his second film to be like this. <br />“I was offered Aurangzeb before Ishaqzaade released. I was surprised that they thought I was capable enough to pull a double role. <br /><br />Also, when I read the script, I never expected Yash Raj Films to do this kind of film. You would probably expect me and Yash Raj to do my next film in a slightly more younger, fresher kind of zone. I was excited that this was inverse to what everyone had in mind for me,” he says.<br /><br /> The actor adds that the film reminded him of classics like Deewaar and Trishul. <br />“I have grown up watching these gritty family dramas with dialogue-baazi — the old Yash Raj dramas like Trishul and Deewaar. That was what excited me. I got to work with such brilliant actors and work with a good director,” he states.</p>
<p>Some actors have to wait for years before they get the chance to play <br />a double role but Arjun Kapoor is one of the lucky few who essayed two <br />characters in his second film. <br /><br /></p>.<p>He admits that this was a challenge that any actor would love to take on. The 27-year-old entered filmdom as a ruffian in Ishaqzaade and in his second venture, Aurangzeb, he ended up playing a double role. <br /><br />“It is a challenge that every actor dreams of doing in his career. I got it so soon and I jumped at it. I guess only Hrithik had done this in his first film (Kaho Naa...Pyaar Hai). I got it in my second. For me, the process of finding the two characters was interesting,” Arjun says. <br /><br />Directed by Atul Sabharwal, the film opened to good reviews. Besides Arjun, it stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Rishi Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Amrita Singh and Sasheh Aagha. <br />Arjun stepped in to play Ajay and Vishal, who are completely opposite characters. <br /><br />The main challenge was to portray the two characters with conviction, explains <br />Arjun.<br /><br /> “On the sets, while playing Vishal, I used to remember Ajay, so that I don’t play it like Ajay and vice versa,” he adds. He never expected his second film to be like this. <br />“I was offered Aurangzeb before Ishaqzaade released. I was surprised that they thought I was capable enough to pull a double role. <br /><br />Also, when I read the script, I never expected Yash Raj Films to do this kind of film. You would probably expect me and Yash Raj to do my next film in a slightly more younger, fresher kind of zone. I was excited that this was inverse to what everyone had in mind for me,” he says.<br /><br /> The actor adds that the film reminded him of classics like Deewaar and Trishul. <br />“I have grown up watching these gritty family dramas with dialogue-baazi — the old Yash Raj dramas like Trishul and Deewaar. That was what excited me. I got to work with such brilliant actors and work with a good director,” he states.</p>
