Mumbai: Akshay Oberoi said that he has a straightforward approach to his career: getting better at his craft with each day and believing that opportunities will follow.
Oberoi, who has appeared in supporting parts of films like ‘Gurgaon’, ‘Thar’, ‘Kaalakaandi’ and most recently Hrithik Roshan’s ‘Fighter’, said that he has never been noticed at parties or airports.
“My entire approach has been, ‘I want to get better every day and I want to work with great people’. I’ve kept it very simple for myself and haven’t tried to do anything beyond that. I’m not the guy who shows up in pap videos or with new looks at the airport. My priority was never that,” the actor told the top news agency.
Oberoi said that it took him a lot of time to find a film like ‘Fighter’, which also featured Deepika Padukone and Anil Kapoor. The movie was released in theatres in January.
“‘Fighter’ happened on the back of a lot of work that people haven’t watched mostly. It took me over a decade in the business to have a film like ‘Fighter’ that the world watches,” said the actor, who played the role of Squadron Leader Basheer ‘Bash’ Khan in the movie.
The 39-year-old actor will be next seen in the sophomore season of ‘The Broken News’, a project he chose because he got the opportunity to play an interesting character. An adaptation of the popular 2018 British series ‘Press’, ‘The Broken News’ is led by Sonali Bendre, Jaideep Ahlawat and Shriya Pilgaonkar. It is directed by Vinay Waikul.
“There have been people who have asked me, ‘You are coming to an established show like ‘The Broken News’, but the focus is on the other actors’. I was like, ‘I don’t think about it’. I found the director interesting and wanted to do a good role and that’s the way I’ve aligned myself,” he said.
According to Oberoi, ‘The Broken News’ exposes the agenda-driven nature of the media and the movie industry.