Anurag Basu says Salman Khan is ‘boring’!

Mumbai: Anurag Basu is collaborating with Ranbir Kapoor for his next “Jagga Jasoos” and the filmmaker is unfazed by the actor’s poor run at the box office as he says he prefers to work with a risk-taker like him than a “boring” actor like Salman Khan.

The director, who had earlier worked with Ranbir in the hit flick ‘Barfi!’, said that he admired the actor’s ‘experimental nature’ the most.

In an interview with PTI, Anurag Basu said, "I am glad there is an actor like Ranbir who is taking the risk. There are not many actors, who would do it. He is not like Salman who is doing same thing film after film. He is boring. How can you do that?"

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He adds, “At least he is experimenting with his craft, he is pushing the envelope, and he is taking the risks. Though it is not paying off but at least he is getting the satisfaction of doing those films. He is playing different characters, they are so different form each other. Very few actors do that."

From playing a gangster, to a vagabond, a detective and now even a superhero, Ranbir has tried his level best to try out different roles. However, his fans seem to love his ‘chocolate boy’ image the best and hence his next film ‘Tamasha’ with Deepika Padukone is creating quite a buzz around town.

In recent interviews, the actor has spoken up and said that he sincerely hoped the film did well, as another flop would ruin his credibility as an actor. His last three releases ‘Besharam’, ‘Roy’ and ‘Bombay Velvet’ bombed at the box office but Basu feels it is not the actor’s fault.

“In India people blame actors for the failure of a film. But it is not up to them, it is the director. But still people blamed Ranbir.”