Acting is his passion. His first love, for which despite having a prestigious medical degree, he chose the path of long struggle in Mayanagari. His hard work paid off and today he has famous films like 'Gangs of Wasseypur', 'Mukkabaaz', 'Gold', 'Saand Ki Aankh' in his name. We are talking about actor Vineet Kumar Singh, who is in the news these days for his film 'Superboys of Malegaon', which received a lot of praise at the Toronto International Film Festival. Here is this special conversation with him:
Your films have always been a festival favourite. 'Gangs of Wasseypur' got a lot of applause at Cannes, 'Mukkabaaz' got a lot of applause at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and now 'Superboys of Malegaon' also got a lot of applause at TIFF. How was the entire experience of this film?
It was a very good experience. You are right, film festivals have played a very important role in my life and films. 'Superboys of Malegaon' had its world premiere at TIFF, where the show was a full house. It also received appreciation for a long time. People kept clapping for a long time. Being a part of this film is also very special for me. I had done the film Gold with the film's director Reema Kagti, so we had a good bonding. Reema is a very good director as well as writer, when you watch the film you will know that it is really special.
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In the film, you become friends with cinema enthusiast Nasir Shaikh, who established the film industry in Malegaon. You yourself are so passionate about cinema that you left medicine and started acting. How connected were you to this film?
This is a very good question. With this you again turned the pages of my past. You are absolutely right, I felt connected on so many levels. For example, I wrote 'Mukkabaaz' as a writer, but then I didn't know that I would ever play the role of a film writer in the future.
Similarly, I have been an assistant director in five-six films with Mahesh Manjrekar sir, at that time I did not know that I would have to live the world behind the scenes in a film, so all these experiences came in handy for me. This film. You are right, like Nasir, I also love cinema. There is a passion. Here I feel a sense of belonging. This world attracted me from the very beginning. Because of this, despite having many options after medical studies, I got involved in acting. I struggled for a long time and the only reason for this was my love for cinema.
I struggled for a long time and the only reason for this was my love for cinema.
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While talking to you it seems that the actor inside you is restless. How right or wrong am I? If yes then why?
You are absolutely right. Just like a doctor understands the patient, you too have understood the right emotions. Yes, I am restless. The reason for this is that I want to do better work. I want to do good roles in good films. I feel this restlessness when I want to work with good directors and producers.
'I am shameless in asking for work'
I keep looking for some better stories, better films, because it is not in my hands whether the director with whom I want to work wants to work with me too or not. However, I don't hesitate to approach directors. I am shameless in this matter, because I believe that if I don't say that I want to work with you then how will they know my feelings.
Well, I am lucky that I am getting love from directors. I like it when he repeats me in his films. Actually, to be honest, even after 'Mukkabaaz', Covid came and things did not go as it should have for me. After 'Mukkabaaz', I got only one and a half year's time, in which I did different types of experiments. Then, in 2020, Covid arrived. After that the films were not playing. This was a period of uncertainty. Now some films have started running since last year, so I am also shooting continuously. There are many things in the pipeline so hopefully there will be even better times to come.
I don't even hesitate in approaching directors. I am shameless in this matter
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You have a special bonding with Anurag Kashyap. You haven't done anything with him for a long time. why so?
We are doing a film together. I have made a schedule for this. As you said, Anurag sir has a big role in changing my life and career. I met him for the first time at the MAMI Film Festival in 2009–10. Before this, I tried hard for 8-9 years but could not meet, but I met Anurag Sir at MAMI Film Festival.
'The film festival was lucky'
Coincidentally at that time he was going to Banaras and I am a resident of Banaras. When my brother showed him my CD he said the boy is a very good actor, tell him to meet me, I am making a film. At that time, the preparations for 'Gangs of Wasseypur' were going on and I got that film here, so you can say that film festivals have always been lucky for me.
You said that you are shooting continuously, so in which projects will you be seen in the coming time?
As I said, I am doing a film with Anurag sir. Can't say much about this right now. Kabir Khan sir's show is 'Rangeen'. Apart from this, I am doing a film with the makers of 'Pushpa'. 'Superboys of Malegaon'. At the same time, I am doing a high octane action film with Sunny Deol sir. Apart from these, there is the film 'Chhaava' with Vicky Kaushal.
There is another film – 'Match Fixing', in which there are people from outside. However, this is not about the match, that is a different story. I am also doing a compilation. It contains four stories, one of which is mine. There are so many different things.
