Rajkummar Rao: “You’re As Good As Your Films, Directors”

Having done some path-breaking yet entertaining films like Kai Po Che!, Shahid, Queen, Aligarh, Newton and Bareilly Ki Barfi, actor Rajkummar Rao, who has carved a niche for himself in just eight years, believes an actor’s output has a lot to do with a film and its director.

Rajkummar has often been compared to Bollywood veterans like Dilip Kumar and megastar Amitabh Bachchan.

Asked how he feels about being compared to them, Rajkummar told IANS here: “It’s a huge honour. I feel overwhelmed and there is a lot of gratitude because I am an outsider, there was no one waiting for me here. I think God has been kind and I feel lucky that I got a chance to work with some incredible filmmakers because you are as good as your films and directors.”

Sporting an all white kurta and pyjama paired with sneakers, Rajkummar was at the Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2018, where he walked the ramp as the showstopper for designer Rajesh Pratap Singh’s collection ‘Welcome To The Jungle’. He was accompanied by his actress and lady love Patralekha.

Rajkummar’s filmography has seen him work in movies as different as chalk and cheese. Be it the anthology Love Sex Our Dhokha, a horror film Ragini MMS 2, a buddy drama film Kai Po Che!, a biographical drama Aligarh, a movie on survival Trapped or be it the commercial entertainers like Bareilly Ki Barfi and Fanney Khan.