{"id":208299,"date":"2025-12-24T08:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T08:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/208299\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T08:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T08:39:08","slug":"i-hated-myself-arjun-rampal-admits-to-being-too-stiff-in-film-debut-found-attention-on-looks-confusing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/208299\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I hated myself’: Arjun Rampal admits to being ‘too stiff’ in film debut, found attention on looks ‘confusing’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Updated on: Dec 24, 2025 10:58 am IST <\/p>\n

Arjun Rampal spoke about his early days in Bollywood in a new interview, including a critique of his early performances. <\/p>\n

Arjun Rampal<\/a> is a National Award-winning actor. His portrayal of a dejected musician in Rock On won him his only National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has also won acclaim for numerous other films, including Om Shanti Om, D Day and most recently, Dhurandhar<\/a>. But Arjun wasn\u2019t always the best actor around, something the actor admits too. When he entered the film industry, many criticised his stiff performances, and Arjun himself has said he \u2018hated\u2019 himself.<\/p>\n

\"Arjun Arjun Rampal transitioned from modelling to acting in 2001. Arjun Rampal on his early days as actor<\/p>\n

In a new interview with Grazia<\/a>, Arjun recalled the first film he shot for Moksha. \u201cI hated myself. I was too stiff. I\u2019d trained myself as a model, not an actor,\u201d the actor recalled.<\/p>\n

Moksha was delayed for years, and Arjun made his big-screen debut with Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat in 2001. In the initial years of his career, Arjun was known as the model who transitioned to acting. The conversations around him always focused on his looks and how he appeared on screen. Talking about that, Arjun added, \u201cIt was tough for me to have conversations. Suddenly, it all became about looks, and I got a lot of attention. Attention became important because if you\u2019re not getting it, you\u2019re in the wrong field. It kind of confuses you to a certain degree. But as you mature, you realise that how you look has nothing to do with you; you have to thank your parents for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arjun Rampal in Dhurandhar<\/p>\n

Arjun was most recently seen in Aditya Dhar\u2019s Dhurandhar, where he won acclaim for his turn as a brutal ISI Major. Dhurandhar is a spy thriller directed by Aditya Dhar, starring Ranveer Singh as an Indian spy in Pakistan. Akshaye Khanna stars as a Pakistani gangster, Sanjay Dutt plays Karachi SP Chaudhary Aslam, and R Madhavan portrays the Indian intelligence chief. Arjun will reprise his role in Dhurandhar 2, which concludes the story of Ranveer\u2019s Hamza, aka Jaskirat. Part 2 releases in theatres on March 19, 2026.<\/p>\n

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