Bright pink… I like it,” gushes Ranveer Singh as he walks into a sunlit room at his Khar apartment in Mumbai and sees the color of my T-shirt. In contrast, the 34-year-old actor is wearing a white T-shirt with the word ‘Baby’ printed on it, his colorful beach shorts the only indication of his flamboyant and quirky sartorial tastes.
The energy that is synonymous with his personality, though, is immediately on display as he settles on the couch, cross-legged, and calls for his iPad. “Lucky you… you get to eat this. I can’t, I’m on a diet,” says Singh, 34, pointing to the sandwiches and cookies kept on the centre table, while he waits for his gadget. Once in his hand, there’s a twinkle in his eye. He swipes left and right and shows photos and videos of him imitating Kapil Dev’s bowling action. “I’m almost there,” says Singh of his action and jump, prior to leaving for a shooting schedule in London in May. The actor essays the role of the former India captain in 83, a film based on India’s maiden cricket World Cup win that is scheduled for an April 2020 release.
Like the protagonist of the movie, Singh, too, is aiming to be an all-rounder, a multi-hyphenate in the film industry. While as an actor he has already earned his spurs with an enviable run at the box office in the recent past—his last release, Gully Boy (2019), apart from being a commercial hit is India’s official entry to the Oscars—he’s now using his success and stardom to venture into something else close to his heart: Music.
This story is from the November 22, 2019 edition of Forbes India.
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