&quot;I grew up watching his films and therefore there might be his influence on me, but I don&#39;t like to be compared with him,&quot; Dhanush said. <img alt="Dhanush" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/apr/Dhanush.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 648px;" /> Dhanush &quot;He is a legend and I&#39;m only 26 films old. How can you possibly compare me with him,&quot; he asked. Director Anand L. Rai has transformed the southern star into a typical desi guy from Benaras for &#39;Raanjhanaa&#39;. But for Dhanush, character was no different from playing a lover boy in a Tamil film. &quot;It was just another film for me. After hearing the script, I realised that the character was very similar to the lover boy I have played in several Tamil films. I knew I had to play a lover boy again, but in a different place and language and, therefore, I had nothing to worry about,&quot; said the actor, who has teamed up with Sonam Kapoor in the love story. &quot;Anand wouldn&#39;t have offered me the project in the first place had he not believed in me. The faith factor touched me and I was convinced that I had to do the project,&quot; he added. &#39;Raanjhanaa&#39; is the love story of a Muslim girl and a Hindu boy and this is Dhanush&#39;s first full-length romantic film. Does he think his fans will accept him in a romantic hero&#39;s role? &quot;I&#39;m not a judge of my films and I don&#39;t know how my fans in Tamil Nadu will react to &#39;Raanjhanaa&#39;. We have dubbed the film in Tamil hoping it will impress my fans, but I don&#39;t know if I can assure you they will like it. I hope they do and I&#39;m waiting to see how they will receive it,&quot; said the 30-year old actor. &#39;Raanjhanaa&#39; is coming out Friday, while its Tamil version &#39;Ambikapathy&#39; will hit the screens a week later. For Dhanush, working in Bollywood is almost similar to doing movies in the Tamil film industry. The only difference he can point out is the exhausting promos. &quot;In the south, we usually give a bunch of interviews and we are done, but in Bollywood, promotions are really exhausting. We travelled to nearly 15 cities to promote &#39;Raanjhanaa&#39;, but down south, seldom do we go to other cities to promote our films. This is the only difference I find between the two industries,&quot; he said. He however admitted language was his biggest barrier while doing &#39;Raanjhanaa&#39;. &quot;I almost gave up dubbing because learning Hindi was a Herculean task. But Anand and Sonam never gave up on me and I&#39;m thankful to them. I still haven&#39;t mastered the language and I think I will take more time,&quot; the actor added. How did a Tamil actor end up in Bollywood? &quot;Anand watched my National Award winning Tamil film &#39;Aadukalam&#39; and decided to cast me. Even though I was sceptical initially, the faith that Anand had in me eventually led me to sign the project,&quot; he said. Dhanush has also signed another film with Anand and says it was out of mutual respect for each other. &quot;You can&#39;t always expect to work with a director who guarantees success. Anand and I have developed mutual respect for each other. Precisely this is why I have teamed up with him even before the release of my Hindi debut,&quot; he explained.

Tamil actor Dhanush, who is awaiting the release of his first Hindi film 'Raanjhanaa', says even though superstar Rajnikanth has a lot of influence on him, he doesn't like being compared with his father-in-law because he considers him a "legend"

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