Mumbai: At a time when the older brigade of Hindi film superstars has failed to entertain the audience, Ajay Devgn said that come what may the star system will never fade away.
In the era of content-driven cinema, Devgn said that today audiences taste has evolved and they have become choosy about the kind of films they want to watch in a theatre.
“I don’t think the star system will fade away. The audience has become choosy and they will go for the product only if it is a good thing. And that keeps us on our toes,” said Devgn
“Earlier we used to do films left, right and centre, whatever we want to do we did that and they used to work also. But this is not (happening) in today’s time. In today’s time rest of the actors especially after our generation have to be more careful and they are careful. It is all about the product,” Ajay told this agency.
Ajay said he is blessed to be in the industry for close to 28 years. “I have been very lucky, I did not have to struggle much. But I have always worked hard and that probably has helped me survive,” he informed.
Ajay is busy working on his next film ‘Tanaji: The Unsung Warrior’, in which he will be reuniting with wife Kajol after a gap of nine years.
Ajay said the 1990s stars including Kajol and his actor friend Tabu, with whom he has shared screen space in quite a few films, are relevant even today as they are good performers.
“Good performers will work all their life, they remain relevant. If you are there only because of your looks you will fade away. Performers never fade out, they rather grow,” Devgn asserted.
The ‘Singham’ star is tight-lipped about his most ambitious home production film at the moment and said, the team is concentrating on giving their best.
PTI