Kay Kay Menon wants to be known as a fantastic actor
Kay Kay Menon’s got a suave, calm demeanour and when he’s asked to describe himself, pat comes the reply, “What you see is a reflection of what I am. I can tell you about my personality. But if you ask me about who I am, then I don’t think I can describe myself. Well, for that matter, I don’t think anyone can. I have yet to meet a person who knows himself well enough.”
Acting is not new to Kay Kay, he has been on stage from the age of nine. “As I grew up, I got weaned away into false ambitions. I did an MBA, then corporate filmmaking, but later, I realised that I was not carved out for this, so I went back to my calling – acting,” he says.
And did work come easily to him? “I gave up my job and lived like a pauper for some time! I had a few friends who were quite encouraging and inspiring. I remember those days when I had no work and used to sit with my friends and read out Shakespeare or Tolstoy classics to them. It was these things that kept me in touch with theatre and acting. I won’t term it as a struggle, but a rather eventful journey,” he says.
Though he has been around for quite sometime now, one doesn’t get to hear much about him and his personal life. “My grandfather once said, ‘Son, don’t read the news, be in it’. But I realised that when you are in the news, it doesn’t always mean that you are a good actor. For that you need to work hard. As for my personal life, I am married to TV actor Nivedita Bhattacharya. I met her when I was doing theatre.”
His passionate scenes have a raw appeal and women find him quite attractive. “I make my character look real, whether I’m enacting an angry scene or a passionate one, I give in my best.” And what about his fan following? “Thankfully, I am not mobbed,” he laughs. “I am an actor, not a star. But being an actor I can act like a star.” Doesn’t he wish to be one someday? “No. I want to be known as a fantastic actor and not a star. Being a star would mean not being Kay Kay anymore. As a star, you have to be conscious of yourself and I want to live freely.”
Whether his films have clicked at the box office or not, his acting skills have always been appreciated. Then what is the reason why he has still not been able to cut through mainstream Bollywood? “I think it’s wrong to say that. If I have done a film like Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi then I have also done Sarkar. I don’t say that I am flooded with offers. Many times people offer me a lot of trash, but hopefully some good films also come my way,” he says.
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