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Sushant Singh doesn't mind homosexual roles

IANS | ByMumbai, Mumbai
Nov 28, 2007 02:59 PM IST

Sushant Singh, who was last seen as Thambe in Ram Gopal Varma KiAag, says he doesn't mind playing a homosexual.

Actor Sushant Singh, who was last seen as Thambe in Ram Gopal Varma's Aag, says he doesn't mind playing the role of a homosexual.

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"I've always had more gay fans than a female following," said Sushant.

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"That's what acting is all about. You suppress and finally eradicate your own personality and preferences to surrender to the audience. And I've always connected with homosexual audiences. In fact, when I was a totally unknown face in Delhi doing theatre, my first admirer turned out to be gay.

"At first I was flattered by the attention he lavished on me. Then I began to understand his intentions. I told him, 'Dude, I like you and I love your attentions. But I just don't swing that way.' I eventually had to disappear on him to escape his amorous advances," he said.

The character re-surfaced in a queer way recently when Sushant used the man's personality to play the ruthless bisexual gangster in Mani Shankar's espionage thriller Mukhbiir.

Sushant said: "To make the character bisexual was entirely my idea. Why are we so afraid of homosexuality? It's a way of life, and we need to look at it that way. I suggested to our director Mani that we make my character sexually ambiguous, so there's an interesting sexual triangle in the film. My girl keeps hitting on Sammir Dattani's character while I also keep hitting on him."

The actor hopes his male gay fan following will multiply after Mukhbiir.

"I've no qualms about being a gay or heterosexual fantasy," he said.

Sushant is also getting ready to play a ruthless newshound in Mahesh Bhatt's Showbiz, which will be directed by Saroj Khan's son Raju Khan. Sushant has a couple of high-profile senior journalists in mind as role models.

"But finally, it would be my interpretation of the way the paparazzi conducts itself," he said.

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