Interview with R.Madhavan

R Madhavan is going big; first there was 3 IDIOTS, and now he is set to share screen with Sir Ben Kingsley and Amitabh Bachchan in TEEN PATTI. The actor chats up with our correspondent on why it took him almost 10 years to get his dues in Bollywood

Are you still on Cloud 9 with the success of 3 IDIOTS?

(Laughs) Not really. I am very happy that the film did so well and my character was so appreciated. But I have a long way to go.

Your next film TEEN PATTI is set to hit the theatres this February...

Yes...I am really looking forward for the release of the film.

What`s your character in the film?

I play a young charismatic professor named Shantanu. He is a colleague of Venkat (Amitabh Bachchan), who has chalked out a theory that will refine the

principals of probability and randomness. Shantanu encourages him to test his theory in real world; he even succeeds to persuade Venkat try the theory at TEEN PATTI (a poker game). But eventually, this game goes out of their control and chaos, greed and desperation grab their lives to a point where no one can save them.

How much attention can you really expect from the audience in a film that stars Sir Ben Kingsley and Amitabh Bachchan?

I don`t mind...I don`t think this kind of a film is ever going to come my way a second time.