Actor Arhad Warsi, best known for his role of 'Circuit' in 'Munnabhai series, says the film may have done wonders but he did not get any work for six months after that.
The Raj Kumar Hirani directed 'Munnabhai MBBS' (2003) and 'Lage Raho Munna Bhai' (2006) showed the comic adventures of Munna Bhai or Murli Prasad Sharma, played by Sanjay Dutt, and his sidekick - Circuit or Cirkeshwar - essayed by Arshad.
"When I did 'Munnabhai', for the first six to eight months I did not have any film to do. Nobody offered me a film. So I was wondering if people liked my work, why I don't have a movie in hand. I asked Raju Hirani did I do a good job? He said, I was excellent. Then how come I did not have a film in hand," Arshad told PTI.
"That time he (Hirani) said to me nobody knows how and where to put you in a film. The films that I have been praised for are serious ones, but I am known to be a comedy actor. When I did 'Seher' and 'Jolly LLB', people liked me but they were of serious kind. But I got a label of being good at comedy. I am fine with it as long as I am working," he said.
However, Arshad insists that 'Munnabhai' series and 'Ishqiya' benefitted him in the sense that he earned respect as an actor.
"Films like 'Ishqiya' brought respect to me but it has not taken me to another level, as an actor yes, but work no. I have been there only. It is not that I was getting something bigger to do, or the roles were fantastic, like getting solo films. So that all did not happen...It was like I am a good actor, that's it," he said.
