Mumbai, July 06: Akshay Kumar has had his place in the sun, and so have recently Abhishek Bachchan and Ranbir Kapoor, as far as being the fantasy icons of gays are concerned. But if the buzz is to be believed, the younger lot of homosexuals find Abhay Deol irresistible. Probably because of the non-conformist and rebellious attitude that the actor is synonymous with.
Say that to Abhay and he is visibly thrilled. “Really? When did that happen? Wow, that’s great. It’s really a positive thing. Attraction is attraction — as long as people find me attractive, it doesn’t matter which sex they belong to,” he says with a dimpled smile.
“I am flattered,” he adds after thinking for a second longer. Ask him if any man has made a pass at him, he roars, “I am not sure. You know, I walk around with blinders. Even if someone went crazy trying to show me that they find me attractive, I wouldn’t notice,” he says with a sheepish grin.
One would think the man is resting on the laurels of Dev D and Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye. “No, no, in this industry, if something clicks they push you to make the same kind of films. They have an image of you and they want you to stick to it. I want to do stuff that’s different, I don’t mind repeating genres but I don’t want to repeat characters and stories. When I see someone doing the same action hero or romantic lead always, I get scared. I don’t want that to happen to me,” he says.
Which is why, he says, he ends up turning down most offers he gets. “I feel terrible when I say no and it’s really hard.But I am not going to be nice to someone just because that someone is important, I would rather be honest about it. Those who understand me, get it. If someone is offended by my honesty, its their problem, not mine.”
–Agencies–