Marathon run
10 Nov 2008, 0055 hrs IST, MANDVI SHARMA , TNN
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This Sunday, Ajay
Devgan<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/India_Buzz/Marathon_run/articleshow/3691838.cms#>and
wife Kajol were in Delhi, but instead of sleeping in on the chhutti ka
din, they were up bright and early.
There was a chill in the early morning air too, now that the winter in Delhi
is close, but that didn't bother them or others like Kareena and Saif,
composer AR Rahman and Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit, boxer Vijender Singh and
corporate biggie Rajan Mittal, as they came to support the Airtel Delhi Half
Marathon.
Ajay and
Kajol<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/India_Buzz/Marathon_run/articleshow/3691838.cms#>were
there to flag off the senior citizens' run – part of the social
initiative by Tina Ambani called Harmony. Ajay said it was something he
would never have turned down for anything. "It's a great cause and it was a
great feeling. The fact that it involved those from society who've given us
so much and are at the stage of life where they need our support, makes it
all the more important. Kajol feels the same way and that is why we both
were here in Delhi for it," he says. Ask him if he would want his daughter
Nysaa to be involved with something like this when she grows up and he says,
"Even though she's too small to understand what Kajol and I have done, but
we make sure that the best of culture and values are given to her. It is
very important to learn all this and we'll leave no stone unturned to teach
her." Ajay said that sports plays a very important role in an individual's
life. "Sports of all kinds create great harmony and unite people. I mean,
look at this marathon – everyone from different walks of life is here. And
yes, it is mentally and physically very healthy. I feel bad for kids who
don't get a chance to enjoy the world of outdoor games because they are
inundated with too much technology in their homes. Technology is good, but
nothing can beat outdoor games. I'm going to make sure my daughter is
exposed to them."
But that's not all that has the otherwise grim-looking actor smiling these
days. There's also the "surprising" success of Golmaal Returns. "It's not
that we didn't have faith in it, it's just that I guess I didn't realise how
much people would like it. But they did, and our job was done. It is
important not just for an actor to be paid for what he is doing, but also to
be appreciated for his talent. And sometimes, that means more than anything
else." There's more on his plate currently. "I've just wrapped up London
Dreams, then there's Toonpur Ka Superhero, in which Kajol and I feature as
real people in toon land, there's Rajniti that I have to start shooting for.
I also want to do an action
movie<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/India_Buzz/Marathon_run/articleshow/3691838.cms#>now,
which I have been planning to do. When it's finalised, I will let you
know," he says.
For a guy who hasn't seen any lull in his work in Bollywood, and neither in
the controversies he's in, he doesn't bother to give his version very often,
does he? "What's the point? I used to clarify rumours earlier, but I've
realised that justifying things doesn't work. I will still be written about
in the way people want to write about me and they will only write two lines
of what I have to say. So I don't waste my energy on it," he says.
Ajay also says that he did not have a rough start to his career. In fact, he
never wanted to be an actor. "I didn't even want to get into movies in the
first place. But then I did, and I made a promise to myself that if people
liked me in this movie, well and good. Because I am not the kind who'd walk
into moviemakers' office with my profile and boast about my father and ask
for a role. Today, when I look back, I know I have come a long way from
being written about as an actor who could only do action roles to an actor
who can be versatile when it comes to the art of
acting<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/India_Buzz/Marathon_run/articleshow/3691838.cms#>.
It is a very satisfying feeling," he concludes.
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regards,
Vithur
