Can’t spread my arms like SRK

Being a good-looking romantic actor – à la Shah Rukh Khan or Salman Khan – was not what Gulshan Devaiah was aiming at when he stepped into filmdom. It was Manoj Bajpayee’s gritty role in ‘Satya’ and Ram Gopal Varma’s dark works that inspired him to be a performance-oriented talent.

Known for playing second lead but intense roles in films like ‘Shaitan’ and ‘Hate Story’, Gulshan said, “I was five or six years old when I thought of being an actor. I grew up imitating Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra. But it was after watching Manoj Bajpayee in ‘Satya’ and old films of Ram Gopal Varma that I decided that I wanted to be a performance-oriented actor rather than just be a good looking one or a romantic actor.”

The actor, who also looks up to the critically acclaimed Irrfan Khan, says what superstars like Shah Rukh and Salman do on the big screen, he can’t.“I love Shah Rukh and Salman’s films. But I can never spread my arms and look cool. I wanted to do it, but couldn’t. So, I figured out my strength and started polishing it,” said the actor. The actor’s next is ‘Hunterrr’ in which he will be seen as the protagonist who is a sex addict.