I do not understand the term hero par excellence

Rajkummar Rao is one of the most talented actors of Hindi cinema today. His roles in such films as Shahid, Aligarh, Trapped and CityLights earned him rave reviews and public appeal. Currently, the actor is preparing for the release of several films, including Fanney Khan, Stree and 5 Weddings . But, in spite of all that, he does not feel like a "hero".

At the launch of his film Stree Rajkummar Rao was asked when he finally began to feel like a "hero". after appearing in many movies and winning awards. To this he replied: "I do not know how a hero feels honestly, I feel like an actor and I wanted to be an actor. I've always wanted to feel myself an actor and I do not understand the quintessential term hero of "

He further developed his concept of" heroes ", stating," There are people who approach me for a movie that tells me that it's a typical hero's movie but I always force them to approach the characters with their names.What is a hero? We are not heroes.Heroes are people who are fighting for us on the borders.We are just doing our job is everything ". This last part almost won the day for him.

It was then asked when he had the impression that the definition of a hero of the Hindi film had changed over the years, to which he replied: "I am totally d & # 39; I agree with this because with the kind of rhythm that the cinema changes, I feel the so-called hero changes as well.so we all see that an actor like Aamir Khan sir plays the character from a 50-year-old father in "Dangal". There is a kind of action where you have to do acrobatics and show off your body, we could call them "heroes". "

The actor also spoke about his work in Stree . The entire crew of this film lived as a family in Chanderi and Bhopal, it's a small town but we did not have to complain because we just wanted to make a good movie, he added, "We are all very proud of this film and now I hope the audience will give a lot of support. in and that this film deserves it totally. "

Stree is a horror comedy, directed by Amar Kaushik and also starring Shraddha Kapoor in the lead role. It is released in cinemas on August 31, 2018.