Every hero becomes a bore one day: Sudeep

From being a virtually unknown name among the Telugu audiences to becoming much-talked-about for playing eega's arch nemesis, Kannada superstar Sudeep has enjoyed a dream run with his Tollywood debut. However, the actor says there are no dream roles. "There is nothing like a dream role. Only after a role is brought to life on screen by somebody, does it become a dream role for someone else," says Sudeep who's done exactly that with his performance in Eega.

However, he thinks director SS Rajamouli deserves most of the credit for his performance. "It was Rajamouli who made the all-important casting call. He'd seen me act in Rann and thought I fit the bill. But whether it was Eega or not, I would have done any film with him.

Sometimes you chose scripts and other times, you choose people. I just wanted to work with him. Period," says Sudeep, adding, "He's a filmmaker who's never disappointed the audience and I wanted to make sure I did not give anyone an opportunity to complain."

Well, the actor did give a lot of people something to rave about. "All the icons of South Indian film industry, especially from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu called and praised my performance. I felt very good," he shares.

Sudeep also happens to be the only Kannada actor who has managed to break out at a pan-Indian level with films like Phoonk, Rann and Raktha Charitra before Eega happened. "It's a huge honour for me that I've managed to do that and I could talk about this for days. But you can never plan these things even if you want to. I guess it was a matter of being at the right place at the right time," he explains.

Ask him if the offers are pouring in post Eega and Sudeep says, "A lot of big names have called, but I want to first finish my Kannada films — Varadhanayaka and , Bachchan — before I take a call."

But whether he's playing the lead role, a villain or a comedian, they are all "characters at the end of the day," Sudeep adds. "What's most important is to understand the character and know what he can and cannot do. I am somebody who gets bored very easily and need to constantly put myself out of my comfort zone and try new things. In fact, with me, the scripts tend to chose me," he says.

It does seem like that, considering Sudeep entered the industry, wanting to be a director. "My love for the stage was a hangover from my days as a lead guitarist in a college band. I also wrote some skits as well and nurtured dreams of becoming a filmmaker," he says. However, the first couple of films that he acted in did not even see the light of the day.

"My first release was Thayavva, which ran for just about three days," recalls Sudeep, who then went in hibernation from the big screen choosing to act in a TV serial for a while before he came back to do some bit roles. "It was Huchcha, a Kannada remake of director Bala's Sethu which really changed everything for me. And as they say, there has been no looking back ever since," he says.

Interestingly enough, Sudeep claims to have "no insecurities whatsoever". "I have never believed that anything or anyone can scare me. I just believe in giving my 100% to whatever I do. In any case every hero is going to become a bore one day, so what's there to be insecure about? I work with good intentions, love to walk on the edges, I choose with no regret and don't rest until I succeed," he says.

When he is not working, Sudeep says he isn't much of a party animal either and prefers to hang out with friends. He counts cooking and biking as his either and prefers to hang out with friends. He counts cooking and biking as his favourite indulgences. "I can cook anything, Continental and Chinese cuisine are my specialties. I love painting as well, and do a lot of portraits. What I love most is taking off on long rides on my Enfield," he says.