Arjun Rampal, who latest film Crakk is struggling at the box office, recently opened up about a tranformative moment in his acting career. In a recent interview with India Today, the actor revealed the name of the film which changed the trajectory of his career positively.
It was the Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone-starrer Om Shanti Om, which was directed by Farah Khan. ”Then I would say a turning point would be definitely ‘Om Shanti Om’, where I was given this negative character to play, and I was very uncomfortable doing that. But I took it on and that’s where I always say if you come out of your comfort zone, you’ll always find something exciting to do, and it did wonders for me. People started seeing me in a very, very different way,” he said.
In Om Shanti Om, Arjun Rampal played the role of antagonist, Mukesh Mehra. The film went on to become a huge commercial success and was declared a blockbuster. He also mentioned about other films that helped him build his film career. ”The first film that changed my life was obviously ‘Moksha’ when I signed it, I was modelling, and I was quite a famous model at that time.
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