‘I was a little anxious’

Actor Arbaaz Khan recently turned director with his home production, Dabangg 2.

Actor Arbaaz Khan recently turned director with his home production, Dabangg 2. The actor, producer and now director says he is not over-calculating his moves, but rather going with the flow. The 45-year-old, who made his debut as a producer with the 2010 blockbuster Dabangg, says he was initially anxious about his decision. “There is always a certain amount of anxiety that comes with every job. It was a little anxious when I turned actor 15 years back with Daraar. It was also there when I opened my production house for Dabangg. It was but natural to be curious about how things would look like when I start calling the shots. I always knew that sooner or later, I would turn director. I couldn’t have been relegated to being producer for the rest of my life,” says Arbaaz.

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“There was a major reason behind my desire of calling the shots. As an actor, I discovered that I was fascinated more with what went behind the scenes than in front of it. I found it to be more creative. Sometimes I felt restricted as I was not really in control over the roles that I wanted to do. There was some progress when I started production because I found a little more control coming my way,” he says. Salman Khan-Sonakshi Sinha starrer Dabangg 2 will release on Dec 21.