Indian actor Dulquer Salmaan believes he needs to grow beyond the "romantic hero" image and let the maturity he has attained with age reflect in his choice of roles, reports PTI.
Dulquer has starred in romance dramas such as Mani Ratnam’s Tamil hit ‘OK Kanmani’ and ‘Sita Ramam’ (Telugu) and ‘The Zoya Factor’ in Hindi in his career of over ten years.
"I have realised that, (in) this next decade of my life I can’t survive as a romantic hero. I am turning 40 now, it is time to kick a**. I don’t want to be boxed into any genre or anything. I want to keep pushing myself and anything that scares me is where I want to be," Dulquer told PTI in an interview.
His upcoming Malayalam film ‘King on Kotha’, in which he plays an alcoholic gangster, is his first major release as an action hero. Dulquer said the Abhilash Joshiy-directed movie will be a surprise for the audience.
"I have never been known to do action, it is very difficult. There are four-five fights in this movie, but it is also interesting to be in that zone in terms of look and character," he added.
The actor, son of Malayalam cinema veteran Mammootty, is making his streaming debut with Netflix series ‘Guns & Gulaabs’ from ‘The Family Man’ duo Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK. The series premieres on Netflix on August 18.
Dulquer said it was an instant yes for him when he was offered the show as he wanted to work with Raj & DK and explore the long format of storytelling.
The 1990s set Hindi series follows the story of a lovestruck mechanic Paana Tipu (Rajkummar), a reluctant heir to a ruling gang Chhota Ganchi (Adarsh Gourav), an honest officer-turned-agent-of-chaos Arjun Verma (Dulquer), and a killer called 4-cut Atmaram (Gulshan Devaiah).
