R. Madhavan: Nothing called sure shot success in Bollywood

From playing a loverboy in Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein engineering student in 3 Idiots to a gentleman in Tanu Weds Manu Returns R Madhavan has proven his range as an actor throughvaried roles in a career that has spanned almost two decades He feels the idea of sure shot success in Bollywood doesnt exist and says that those who assume they understand the industrystart facing setbacksR MadhavanIn 20 years I got to know that there is nothing called sure shot success in films and Bollywood Madhavan told IANS here during the promotion of his new film Saala KhadoosSaala Khadoos is a sports film featuring Madhavan as a strict coach who relentlessly pushes his protege played by Ritika Singh to overcome obstacles and achieve her boxing goalsThis is not the first time Bollywood is coming up with a sports based film Lagaan Chak De India Iqbal Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and Marry Kom had something to do with a sport and foundpopularity among the audiences However the success of those films was not the reason why Madhavan wanted to bet on Saala KhadoosThe moment you know that you understand the industry you start facing setbacks So I never did this mistake I never assume anything in my life and I wont do that for films too I will insult myaudience if I start doing this as I feel that viewers are very smart nowadays he addedTaking his past film Jodi Breakers as a reference point the actor who is admirable for his calm demeanour and downtoearth nature said that he did the film with different hope but it didntwork well at the box officeMadhavan has made his own mark in Bollywood and down South but despite such a long career span he still feels that he cant be like Shah Rukh Khan and Salman KhanI am a limited actor I cant do a few things that most of the actors today do onscreen for instance sixpack abs dancing and singing in the films I cant do that and I feel that I dont entertainpeople in the right way sometimes on that frontI choose my subject differently and I am blessed to get love and affection from people for such roles too I think thats a victory I cant become Shah Rukh Khan or Salman Khan and I dontdeserve to be like thatFor instance if I am the local level champion I cant call myself world level champion But yes it is possible to achieve that in future in some form or the other he saidThrough Saala Khadoos he has tried to add another feather to his cap and thats productionI worked on my body in this film and I also started producing too with this project So hopefully I will add more things in my profile in days to come added MadhavanThe film releases on Friday