You can't take stardom seriously: Arjun Kapoor

With dynamics changing after every film release, actor Arjun Kapoor says film industry is a fickle place, where one can't afford to take stardom for granted.

Kapoor, who has been in industry as an actor for eight years, said best way to navigate highs and lows of Bollywood is to remain grounded.

"I think you cant take your stardom so seriously, since it's about Friday to Friday (release). You get written off with a bad film and you get hailed as a superstar with one hit. You just have to enjoy your place under sun and have fun while doing it.

"And make sure you are t overly indulged in it, make sure you do good work and never take anyone for granted," Kapoor told PTI.

35-year-old actor has dubbed in Hindi for popular superhero Amazon Prime Video superhero drama series " Boys".

Kapoor has lent his voice to character of Billy Butcher, originally played by Karl Urban on show, which chronicles what happens when heroes go rogue and start abusing ir powers.

actor said best way to deal with stardom is to use privilege which comes with it for greater good.

"Sometime speak up about things or discuss issues that matters. Also, sometimes you need to keep calm and take care of yourself and take care of near and dear ones. That itself is using your power for right reasons. What's point of helping 100 if you can't help at least two around you first?"

Developed by Eric Kripke, " Boys" is based on comic book of same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. series also stars Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Dominique McElligott among ors.

actor said show's philosophy is a huge draw for him.

Its "twisted concept", where heroes are villaius, and villains are heroic, emphasises that people shouldn't believe everything y see, Kapoor said.

" people operating behind scenes can be very deceptive and deceiving, it is something which is relevant in society today. We tend to believe certain parts are positive, right and good.

"But what if re is a grey area n t as good as perceived in and so-called vigilantes of evil, or negative might have something that makes m good. re is a lot of grey on show and I think that is most appealing aspect," he added.

To voice mysterious and brutal Billy who has a personal but secret nda while retaining his charm and sarcasm as leader of Boys was t easy, actor said.

Kapoor said one had to make it "punchier" and change tonality to suit Hindi speaking audience.

"I tried to apply same amount of emotional honesty while dubbing it in ar langu. I kept it as honest as possible, wher with sarcasm that comes with honesty or even emotion, I just tried to latch on and believed that I am living and breathing character in that langu.

"He (Urban) gave me so much to feed onto, as his performance is great, I just literally had to watch learn and perform it again in Hindi," Kapoor added.

(Im credit: PTI)