Pushing his Luck

Actor Imran Khan is seriously uncomfortable when he’s surrounded by a bunch of screeching,star-struck,college girls. “Are you all going to grill me one by one?” he asked a tad nervously. Promoting his latest action film Luck,directed by Soham Shah,which hits theatres on July 24,he spoke about luck,“I don’t believe in just luck,but in hard work and destiny. Still I consider myself fortunate on having reached this far with the support of my friends and family.”

However,in the film,Khan’s character is not very fortunate. He portrays a middle-class Mumbai boy Ram Mehra burdened by problems. In an effort to pull himself out of the mess,he meets a gangster played by Sanjay Dutt,who puts him through a series of hurdles. “This is purely an action movie. I have done a lot of stunts for the first time,” says Khan,who jumped off helicopters and swum with sharks in South Africa. “I had a week-long crash course in scuba diving in South Africa and we had a 10-day shoot underwater. I had to bulk up a little to look less boyish,” he chuckled.

Khan shares screen space with debutant Shruti Haasan,his love interest in the film. “Initially I was self-conscious about acting with her. We’ve known each other since childhood,” said Khan. Three-film-old Khan understands the volatility of the industry; his second film Kidnap had sunk without a trace. “The path to success or failure is not about change,but about how consistent you can be,” he explained philosophically. Introspection will certainly help.