I wish I could multitask like Priyanka and Deepika: Ranveer Singh

The actor talks about Bajirao Mastani, his aim of becoming a complete entertainer, and his love for his moustache

Ranveer Singh as Bajirao and Deepika Padukone as Mastani we can’t wait till Friday for Bajirao Mastani to release. And Ranveer is in awe of his two leading ladies, Deepika and Priyanka Chopra, who plays Kashibai, Bajirao wife.

“What I want to learn from them is how to multitask,” he says, adding, “They are both doing various projects, Priyanka is into singing, her Hollywood serial and then she comes back and shoots for Bajirao Mastani. It’s the same with Deepika. They are busy shooting and then they are doing their endorsements and they come back and become their characters Kashibai and Mastani. I can’t do that. I am into the character completely and take time to come out of it. I wish I could multitask like Priyanka and Deepika.”

Ranveer adds he doesn’t have any Hollywood dreams. “I am happy doing my Hindi films. I wanted to be a mainstream Hindi film hero and I am happy. This is my eighth movie. Right now, I don’t feel the need to do any Hollywood films.” Ranveer and Deepika came close while shooting Ram Leela, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s previous film. “We became incredible friends during Ram Leela and I am happy that our efforts showed in the film.”

His personal philosophy in life is very simple. “Everybody should follow their heart. It’s like Woody Allen’s film Whatever Works, based on the philosophy Larry David. That’s what you should do in life. It’s not right to judge what is wrong or right.”

“My aim is to be an entertainer like Woody Allen, Clint Eastwood, Charlie Chaplin, Raj Kapoor and Guru Dutt, they are my heroes,” he says, adding, “The whole creative vision is in their films. They wrote, produced, directed, acted and even wrote music. That’s what I want to graduate into at some point. I don’t think I will be able to do it now. But I will do it.”

About his forthcoming film Befikre, he adds, “Befikre is a light breezy romance, beyond that I don’t know anything but am looking forward to working with Aditya Chopra. We will start shooting when my hair grows back. Before that I will take a vacation to get my clarity back. For now I want to meditate and become more flexible, strengthen my core and start riding motorcycles again. My mom had forbidden me to ride bikes. But now I am 30, I think I can ride them again.” Ranveer tells us he loves his moustache that he grew for Bajirao “I don’t know the look Adi Sir has in mind in Befikre for me. I had planned to shave the moustache but I chickened out at the last minute. I still love my moustache,” he says with a smile.