Kunal Kapoor: I'm not someone who sits and waits for things to happen

It wasnt frustrating for actor Kunal Kapoor to wait for the right projects as he chose to explore his creative side The actor says he invested the time in growing and getting better He developed diverse projects during the timeI think the last couple of years have been really fortunate I have had a chance to work with interesting people whether it is Tigmanshu Dhulia Jayaraj Gauri Shinde or Reema Kagti And I am soon starting a bunch of other films Kunal told IANS over the phone from MumbaiSo there is very good work which is coming my way I am not the sort of person who sits and waits for things to happen I have always been the sort of person who believes that if you want something and you are not getting it then you have to go out there and create itSo he spent the last couple of years developing scripts characters and movies that he would like to be a part ofIt could have been very frustrating but it was not because I invested the time in growing and getting better at what I do added the actorKunal says he was also not frustrated as he is not somebody who delves in the pastI am somebody who is always constantly looking at what I can do So I think when you are in state of action you dont get frustratedKunal made his debut with Meenaxi Tale of 3 Cities in 2004 and soon got a tag of Indian Matthew McConaughey He has featured in critically acclaimed films like Rang De Basanti Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana Kaun Kitney Paani Mein and Dear Zindagi There were some failures as well with Hattrick and Raag DeshApart from acting Kunal is involved in several vocations like writing and even came out with a crowdfunding platform KettoTalking about his passion for all he said I enjoy all of them so much I love acting Before I became an actor I was looking through a lot of professions and could not find what I lovedAnd once I was in front of the camera I was like I want to do this for the rest of my life Writing is something I have been doing since I was very young I start writing when I was 10 or 11That is one thing which came very naturally to me Technology is something I am obsessed with And then sometime back I started this crowdfunding platform I am very passionate about all these thingsOn the film front he was last seen with Akshay Kumar in Gold Directed by Reema Kagti the film traced the Indian hockey teams journey to getting its first postIndependence Olympic medal in 1948My first reaction when I read the script was actually of surprise I was surprised because I thought nobody has actually made a film on a story like this Kunal said while talking about Gold which became the first Bollywood film to release in Saudi ArabiaKunal feels hockey is an incredible sport and needs to be encouraged in IndiaThis is a sport which has got us the most amount of glory in the 1940s 1950s 1960s and 1970s We won our first gold at an international level in hockey in 1948 as an independent nation but had won the Gold at the Olympics in 1928 1932 and 1936 So it is sport which needs to be encouraged a lot said the actor who is married to megastar Amitabh Bachchans niece NainaCatch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever