Rajkummar Rao marks 15 years of purposeful stardom

When people think of me, I want them to remember me as someone who was in the film industry for the right reasons, says actor Rajkummar Rao on completing 15 years in Bollywood.

From playing supporting roles in “Rann”, “Gangs of Wasseypur”, “Talaash”, and “Kai Po Che!”, the actor gradually moved to leading man roles in the movies “Shahid”, “Aligarh”, “Trapped”, “Newton”, “Bareilly Ki Barfi”, “Badhaai Do”, “Stree 2”, and “Bhool Chuk Maaf”.

“When people think of me after many years, I want them to think of me with a lot of respect, somebody who took his work seriously and who was here for the right reasons, for the right intentions, and not for fame, but to contribute to our cinema,” Rao, who made his debut in Bollywood with a three-second role in the Amitabh Bachchan-starrer “Rann” in 2010, told PTI in an interview.