<p>Actor Suraj Gowda is not apprehensive about experimenting. From playing a psychopath to a college student, he’s done it all. The actor will soon be seen in a bilingual project and is also preparing for his upcoming movie ‘Amar Chitra Katha’. In a candid chat with Tini Sara Anien, he sheds light on his roles.<br /><br />Looks like your hands are full...<br />I finished shooting for the bilingual movie project — ‘Snehave Preethi’, in Kannada and ‘2 Friends’ in Telugu. I’m also very excited about my latest project ‘Amar Chitra Katha’.<br /><br />Tell us more about it...<br />The bilingual project is a college love story which tries to analyse the importance of friendship over love. ‘Amar Chitra Katha’ will be a different kind of thriller film.<br /><br />Are you sporting a new look for ‘Amar Chitra Katha’?<br />I have a really rugged look in it. I have to sport a thick beard and grow my hair. I also need to gain weight for the role. The audience won’t even be able to recognise me.<br /><br />Were you apprehensive about sporting such a look?<br />Not at all! I am very excited. The fun of being an actor is in playing different roles. All my movies show me in different avatars. I played the boy-next-door in one, a psychopath in another, a thief in one and a college student in another. I never do the same role.<br /><br />A role you want to do...<br />I want to act in a biopic. I want to play a known personality, someone I can portray really well. When the audience sees my performance, they should see the person I am portraying and not me.<br /><br />Is a movie defined by how well it does at the box office?<br />When movies make numbers at the box office, they get noticed more. This is a requisite to get recognised as an artiste. I am not here to be just an actor, I’m here to be a star. So the numbers matter.<br /><br />You have often been labelled as a chocolate boy...<br />I have. But after my second movie, I got more acceptance. I wanted to convince people that I wasn’t just a chocolate hero and I was thankfully able to do just that.<br /><br />Is fashion important to every actor?<br />It depends on person to person. Fashion is very subjective. It all boils down to what one is most comfortable in.<br /><br />What are you most comfortable in?<br />Boxers.<br /><br />When not on a set, what do you do?<br />I am into mixed martial arts and work out. I spend a lot of time at the gym. I am trained in classical music and also play the mandolin and keyboard. I like go-karting and bowling. Basically, I do everything that sounds like fun.<br /><br />Describe your perfect dream holiday...<br />Any place where there is no mobile reception (Laughs).<br /><br /> </p>
<p>Actor Suraj Gowda is not apprehensive about experimenting. From playing a psychopath to a college student, he’s done it all. The actor will soon be seen in a bilingual project and is also preparing for his upcoming movie ‘Amar Chitra Katha’. In a candid chat with Tini Sara Anien, he sheds light on his roles.<br /><br />Looks like your hands are full...<br />I finished shooting for the bilingual movie project — ‘Snehave Preethi’, in Kannada and ‘2 Friends’ in Telugu. I’m also very excited about my latest project ‘Amar Chitra Katha’.<br /><br />Tell us more about it...<br />The bilingual project is a college love story which tries to analyse the importance of friendship over love. ‘Amar Chitra Katha’ will be a different kind of thriller film.<br /><br />Are you sporting a new look for ‘Amar Chitra Katha’?<br />I have a really rugged look in it. I have to sport a thick beard and grow my hair. I also need to gain weight for the role. The audience won’t even be able to recognise me.<br /><br />Were you apprehensive about sporting such a look?<br />Not at all! I am very excited. The fun of being an actor is in playing different roles. All my movies show me in different avatars. I played the boy-next-door in one, a psychopath in another, a thief in one and a college student in another. I never do the same role.<br /><br />A role you want to do...<br />I want to act in a biopic. I want to play a known personality, someone I can portray really well. When the audience sees my performance, they should see the person I am portraying and not me.<br /><br />Is a movie defined by how well it does at the box office?<br />When movies make numbers at the box office, they get noticed more. This is a requisite to get recognised as an artiste. I am not here to be just an actor, I’m here to be a star. So the numbers matter.<br /><br />You have often been labelled as a chocolate boy...<br />I have. But after my second movie, I got more acceptance. I wanted to convince people that I wasn’t just a chocolate hero and I was thankfully able to do just that.<br /><br />Is fashion important to every actor?<br />It depends on person to person. Fashion is very subjective. It all boils down to what one is most comfortable in.<br /><br />What are you most comfortable in?<br />Boxers.<br /><br />When not on a set, what do you do?<br />I am into mixed martial arts and work out. I spend a lot of time at the gym. I am trained in classical music and also play the mandolin and keyboard. I like go-karting and bowling. Basically, I do everything that sounds like fun.<br /><br />Describe your perfect dream holiday...<br />Any place where there is no mobile reception (Laughs).<br /><br /> </p>
