Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, who was recently seen in Hansal Mehta’s Netflix series Scoop, has worked with many popular filmmakers, but the actor said that he does not like calling people to ask them for work. In a recent chat, when he was asked if he can call the likes of Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions or Yash Raj Films to ask for a role, Zeeshan said that he has not done it yet.
“I don’t do this, but I think I have that freedom to call because people know me by name, and especially after Scoop, I have been getting many calls,” he told Siddharth Kannan. Zeeshan said that he can make these calls if he wants to, but hesitatingly added, “I wonder if I should or not", reports Indian Express.
Zeeshan said that he told Hansal Mehta and Zoya Akhtar that he wants to work with them, but these conversations were in person, and not over the phone. “When I meet people in person, I express that I want to work with them, but I have never called to ask but I think I should,” he said. As soon as he said this, his wife Rasika Agashe, who was sitting next to him, shook her head.
When asked to elaborate on the same, Rasika said, “I respect that people offer him work after watching his performances. I am proud of it. So I won’t like it if he has to go and call them,” she said.
Zeeshan received a lot of acclaim for his performance as the upright journalist Imran Siddiqui in Scoop. He previously spoke to PTI about his role, and said, “Hansal told me just one thing: You have to make him human. Someone talking about truth and honesty and not sounding boring… Making him human was the biggest task. Hansal said, ‘He should look human and feel like someone you know. Then only we will get through what he is saying and that would be the big reason for the success of the show.”
