Like doing complex, layered roles but don't get offered much: Arshad Warsi
As someone who has mostly done comedic roles, actor Arshad Warsi says web series Asur gave him a rare chance to play a complex and layered character.
Arshad has played serious roles in the past, most notable in the under-appreciated film Sehar, but comedy movies Munna Bhai MBBS, Hulchul and Golmaal have been more successful.
In Asur, which has garnering a lot of critical appreciation, the 51-year-old actor plays the role of a forensic expert.
Arshad said he took up the offer as it gave him a chance to come out of the comic zone.
Two things compelled me to take up Asur'. It had a great script, thrilling and unpredictable, exactly what, I feel, is required in a web series. Secondly, it was not a comic character. It was a serious, complex, layered character, something I like doing but don't get offered much, Arshad told PTI in an interview.
The actor said out of the 70 to 80 films that he has done, about 50 of them have been comedies.
I did only one absolutely serious film, which was ...