Ranveer Singh says he’s not a competitive actor and he doesn’t believe in one-upmanship

Ranveer Singh has been in the headlines for his nude photoshoot for an international magazine. The actor made his first media appearance at the Filmfare press conference on Thursday, two days after a FIR was filed against him over his bold move.

Ranveer only responded to queries posed by Filmfare editor Jitesh Pillaai and the media question and answer session was not held.

On being asked about on-screen competition with his actor-wife Deepika Padukone, Ranveer said he isn't competitive at all and he doesn’t subscribe to one-upmanship, upstaging.

‘What I have learnt and not just in my training but from the 12 years that I spent acting in films is that you are only as good as your co-actor... It takes two to tango,’ the actor said. He further added, ‘I don't subscribe to one upmanship, upstaging. I have had, unfortunately or fortunately, co-actor experiences where they have tried one-upmanship and trying to upstage and hogging limelight in the frame as they say. I don't subscribe to that. I think it is very defeating... Filmmaking is teamwork and scene work is a collaboration between actors. It's like jugalbandi, it is like give and take. On the flip side, I have also experienced the good side... (With) the actors who are so secure, so giving and my wife is certainly one of them.’

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Singh will be hosting the 67th edition of Filmfare Awards for the first time. The event will be held on August 30 at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai. He will co-host the popular award show with his actor-friend Arjun Kapoor, who Ranveer described as a ‘filmi encyclopaedia’.

Ranveer Singh kept mum on his controversial photoshoot at the meet.

An FIR has been filed against him in Mumbai following a complaint from an NGO alleging that he had ‘hurt the sentiments of women in general and insulted their modesty through his photographs.’