Living out of a suitcase
Ayushmann Khurrana talks about how difficult it is to juggle between career and family
By : barkha kumari
Update: 2014-10-26 22:27 GMT
Mumbai: After the success of Pani Da Rang, actor-singer Ayushmann Khurrana has struck the right chord again with his latest, Mitti Di Khushboo. Both songs are about water.
Coincidentally, it rained on Saturday, when Ayushmann was in the city to promote his song. He chose to sit by the window for the interview, to soak in “how beautiful Hyderabad looks”, a city he has visited three times before, but hasn’t explored.
“I just love the rains. I’ve grown up in Punjab, where it rains quite often. This song is about how rains make you feel nostalgic about your home, when you are away from it,” he says. Like Pani Da Rang, Mitti Di Khushboo was written during his college days in Delhi, by his childhood friend and musician Rochak Kohli.
“I chose theatre over music in my college. That way, I could do theatre, as well as make music with my friends. We have a lot of compositions in our repertoire; they will be released soon.”
Ayushmann is taking himself more seriously as a singer now, and does riyaaz. He plans to launch a single every three months and has formed a music band with his school friends titled, Ayushmann After School.
One thing which has been common to all his songs are the Punjabi folk lyrics, which many listeners find difficult to understand. “I play a lot of characters in films, but when I do music, I should be myself. I will sing Hindi numbers in future, for sure.”
Audiences will soon see Ayushmann come out of his comfort zone and play non-urban characters. “In Hawaizaada, I am playing a Maharashtrian. In Dum Lagake Haisha, I play a simpleton from UP.”
Amidst all this, how does he find time for his family in Chandigarh? The 30-year-old actor has a two-and-a-half-year old son, Virajveer, and a six-month-old daughter, Vrushka.
“It’s difficult being a dad when you are in your 20s, and making a career for yourself. I am travelling all the time, living out of a suitcase. Even if I bring my family to Mumbai, it won’t help because I am hardly there. So, I visit them once a month. It’s not easy but I don’t know what to do about it,” he says.