Deol denies being in financial trouble

Actor-producer Abhay Deol has dispelled rumours about his reported money troubles following the debacle of his debut production ‘One By Four’.

There were reports that the 38-year-old actor was broke after the unsuccessful run of his maiden production at the box office and had mortgaged one of his apartments in Mumbai but Abhay says it is a regular loan.

“I have taken a regular loan but sometimes media becomes the judge and the jury. I took a loan after ‘Dev D’ also but they would not report that because the film was a hit,” Deol told in an interview.

“Sometimes you take a small loan because your money is constantly invested here and there. It is a normal procedure. I am certainly not broke,” the actor said.

When asked what went wrong with ‘One by Four’, in which he starred alongside real-life girlfriend Preeti Desai, Abhay, who is known for his out-of-the-box films like ‘Socha Na Tha’, ‘Oye Lucky Lucky Oye’, ‘Dev D’ and ‘Shanghai’, said probably his fans were not expecting a commercial film from him.

“Well, it is hard to really put a finger on it. The feedback that I got from people was that they were used to seeing me in edgy roles as against commercial ones.

“It is like being between a rock and a hard place because on one hand investors would not put their money in a risky project and on the other hand my audience want me to be part of such movies. I think I will have to keep doing what I was doing at the beginning of my career,” he said.