I feel restless : Bobby Deol

                   Bobby Deol has completed five years in the film industry.
                   Despite a fantastic launch like Barsaat, his career never
                   really went the way it was expected to. Although a star,
                   he never became the craze of the nation… But this year,
                   he promises, will be different. Back to his family forte --
                   action films -- Bobby stars in a series of adventure movies
                   to make a mark… With Guddu Dhanoa's Bichchoo doing well
                   and Abbas-Mustan's Ajnabee on the verge of completion,
                   Bobby Deol seems to have the formula right… or does he?

                   Would you say you are happy with your career?
                   Bobby Deol : (Ponders) Not at all. I think happiness is a state of mind you reach
                   when you achieve a lot. I feel restless. Sometimes when I look back I feel I have
                   done so little and there's so much to achieve. And at others, I get upset when my
                   films don't do well… and I've just had four of those! I have mixed feelings about
                   my career.

                   Barsaat was supposed to put you in the top bracket but things
                   really didn't go that well. Where did you go wrong?
                   Bobby Deol :I went wrong in the choice of my movies. They
                   say luck plays an important role in the success or failure of a
                   star. I was lucky to be born in the Deol family but I don't think
                   luck favored me too much in my profession. But you can't have
                   everything! Also, the media hyped me up a lot and the
                   expectations became too high… It was a combination of all
                   these factors!

                   Despite denying it, you seem to be working only with directors your brother has a
                   rapport with like Guddu Dhanoa or Raj Kanwar. Would you agree?
                   Bobby Deol :No I wouldn't... I agree I have worked a lot with Guddu Dhanoa and
                   Raj Kanwar but there have been Abbas-Mustan, Vinod Chopra, Kundan Shah and
                   now Indra Kumar… My brother hasn't worked with any of these filmmakers. Guddu
                   knows me through my brother and that's why certain projects with him worked
                   out…

                   Your dream in life was to be a star, you say. But didn't anyone ever discourage
                   you from being an actor?
                   Bobby Deol :(Thinks) Never. It was an understood thing. Films are our family
                   business, so to speak. My father loved the profession and gave it his all. And just
                   as all fathers like their sons to continue in the same profession, my father too
                   wanted me to be an actor. That's where my dream came from.

                   Your recent films like Badal, Bichchoo and the forthcoming ones like Ajnabee,have
                   you playing the action hero which is dissimilar to the romantic image you stated
                   with. Is this a new strategy?
                   Bobby Deol :There is definite bias against action films among you people and I
                   don't understand why. Is it a comedown for an actor to do action films? Most of
                   my romantic films did not do well because of bad scripts and so I'm doing certain
                   other kinds of movies. That's all… there's no strategy!

                   How does Tanya, your wife, react to your hits and flops?
                   Bobby Deol :(Smiles) She reflects my emotions and
                   supports me. She gives me a lot of strength when I'm low.
                   She's the best thing to have happened to me. At times,
                   she feels low when my films don't do well and at such
                   times I console her. It's a great relationship!

                   Do you feel envious when you see a Hritik Roshan or an
                   Abhishek Bachchan being in the limelight? Do you feel threatened?
                   Bobby Deol :Why should I? I think we all have our own places. After all, how many
                   films can one actor do anyway? You need more people. When I see Abhishek or
                   Hritik, I smile because I know what they are going through… their anxieties and
                   their nervousness. It's the name of the game. Hype, expectations and then the
                   pressure to live up to those expectations…