Some actors fade away from our vision but remain etched in our memories thanks to their past performances. Sadashiv Amrapurkar is definitely one of those. <img alt="Sadashiv Amrapurkar" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/apr/Sadashiv-Amrapurkar_1.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 433px;" /> Pic/Satyajit Desai The veteran actor who laughs at rumours about him suffering a heart attack is upbeat about his role in Bombay Talkies. He also rues that the actor in him is still waiting for the perfect role. In a tete-e-tete, the 62-year-old recluse admits to having no filmi friends and shares his views on several topics ranging from career to cinema. How did Bombay Talkies happen? The project&rsquo;s assistant director approached me saying that Dibakar Banerjee was interested in casting me for his short film. And I was like &ldquo;Who?&rdquo;...I hadn&rsquo;t even heard of Dibakar! At that point, my daughter told me about him and his work and made sure I agreed. You&rsquo;ve been away from the limelight for a long while now. Don&rsquo;t you miss Bollywood? Why should I? I&rsquo;ve never said that I&rsquo;m retired or don&rsquo;t want to do films anymore. Just that the roles that come to me are often repetitive in nature and I&rsquo;m brave enough to refuse them. Earlier, when I started my career at the age of 32, I wanted to do films to get recognised. Once I established myself as an actor, it was about making money for family. But now things are different. As you grow older, your priorities change. But you&rsquo;ve been quite active on the Marathi theatre front... That&rsquo;s because plays are my passion. And speaking of Marathi theatre, there are artistes out there who dabble in different languages when it comes to stage but I&rsquo;ve stuck with Marathi because this is the language I dream in. And you also dabbled in television in between? Yes, that&rsquo;s one decision I&rsquo;m not very proud of. When the offer of a daily soap came my way, I thought why not try the small screen because I hadn&rsquo;t done it before. But as days passed by, I realised that it&rsquo;s not my cup of tea (laughs). And what about films? Do you follow the ongoing trends? I have nothing to say because I don&rsquo;t visit multiplexes as such to catch up on what&rsquo;s going on. I won&rsquo;t be able to recognise today&rsquo;s young stars. But whatever little I&rsquo;ve seen, I&rsquo;d say I&rsquo;m not a huge fan. At least the &rsquo;80s and the &rsquo;90s were original as we weren&rsquo;t aping the West then the way we are now. How do you usually spend a free day? I read a lot. I also practise painting. I&rsquo;ve been travelling as it&rsquo;s important to explore new places. In my spare time, I dedicate myself to social service as well. I neither drink nor smoke and I have small needs so I can tell you I&rsquo;m doing fine (smiles). u00a0

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