It’s about how he changes things around and how things around him change eventually.Aditya Seal, most remembered for Tum Bin 2, is all set to surprise with his role in Namaste England, and has grown as an actor post bagging Student Of The Year 2 with Tiger Shroff. They trusted my work because they had heard about it a lot. When I met Shraddha, we all were chatting constantly.In females too, Shraddha Kapoor has got that tag. We were early and had a hearty, long chat.How has life been after Tum Bin 2? People know you since then…Correct. He’s a rich spoilt brat and a Casanova. It was so difficult to hide it, so I called up a very dear friend of mine and ranted to her for the next half an hour. A friend of Tiger even before the handsome actor joined the industry, Aditya even went on to speak about his first meetings with Shraddha Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Karan Johar and of course, Will Smith!
The actor also went on to speak about his injury, living with it and yet that not stopping him from achieving his dreams, as he also revealed some fun facts in his exclusive interview with Deccan Chronicle. I haven’t met Sidharth and would love to meet him. My forearms were swollen a day after.Do you have a scene with both the actors in the same frame?Yeah, of course. The songs and girls are so good! They’re both new girls but proving why they’re part of Student Of The Year. A friend of mine was working on the film.How does it feel being backed by Karan Johar himself?Karan Johar could be the Mukesh Ambani of film industry. We did all we could when we were making Tum Bin 2. I’ve lived with the injury for 18 years now! Even when we were filming action sequences for Student Of The Year, we were good enough and actually managed to do it since Tiger too was supportive. So I think I can take that pain right now. The first time I met him it didn’t feel like I was meeting THE Karan Johar because he makes you feel at home. There’s been a discussion with my production team, and it was a conscious decision because my entry would be like a shock and surprise in the film. That really hurts.You knew about Will Smith coming on SOTY 2 sets even before everybody else. We were actually kicking and punching each other. So the film’s fate didn’t really bow me down. It became nice since people started Table and Chairs knowing me and took me seriously. So since we know each other’s pluses and minuses, we were going all out while performing. He lives with his grandfather who he really loves. That feels good. I’m not usually a star-struck person but because of Will Smith, I really tried to make small talk to him and succeeded till an extent since we shared a few laughs. It felt like Karan Johar and I are good friends because I just messaged him regarding some work and he’s ready to help me out and asked me not to worry about it, he’s that hands-on!Now that you’ve worked with Dharma, is working with YRF also on your list?Yes, of course! Why wouldn’t I love to work with a big brand?Will it be a romantic or an unconventional movie with YRF?Absolutely a romantic film!. I even met Varun at Bhumi Pednekar’s birthday party. I was privileged and honoured to know this information. I still follow it religiously though. I’ve represented India at International events. She’s so much fun and easy as a person. And I didn’t even want anyone else to know about it by spilling it over. I didn’t look for it or even audition for the film. It wasn’t that difficult for me, even though I had to go through some round of auditions.
Describe your character…His name is Sam, born and brought up in London. Life has actually been pretty good.Stepping into Varun and Sidharth’s shoes, how does that feel?Those are big shoes to fill in! Right now, we’re just having a lot of fun on sets and are confident in our own space and mostly trust our director enough. He has a lot of girlfriends and lives life really large. A similar thing happened with Student Of The Year 2. It somehow didn’t connect with the audience and demonetization affected the film further. I still have this injury below my left knee, which was the reason I had to give up on the sport. How tough was it to keep that secret?I got to know 2-3 days before he came in! Somebody accidentally informed me, and hearing Will Smith’s name, I cried because I love that guy for the person he is, not just as an actor! Then I became a part of a very secret society because there were only 3 people on set who knew about this, and it was no other actor than me. As opposed to the impression I had about him, he came on set and hi-fived everyone, right from spotboys to junior artist, dancers and actors. Have you met her?Of course! I met her on the sets of Batti Gul, when they were shooting the final schedule. I figured this 2 days ago and it’s like directors love me for sequels. When I met him in his office, it was supposed to be 10 minutes of meeting, but ended up being an hour chat, that too with coffee! He was asking me about my life and I was getting to know him as Karan Johar the person. But it was you guys (media) who actually supported me by saying that I’ve done a good job. He’s at the top! When you think about that, you always feel whether you’ll be able to meet Karan Johar because people dream to work in his films and my dream came true.But then what about an out-and-out action film?I’ve been doing martial arts since a long time.Considering this, would you want Tiger in an action movie with you?Yeah, yeah, yeah! I love that guy, but I want to kill him! I love him to death because he’s a fabulous guy, but I want to kill him because he pushes you like nobody else can! It so happened that after the long day of getting bruises on you, when you just want to crash on your couch, Tiger comes in and says ‘Chal bhai abhi training karte hai’ and I used to go like ‘Arre yaar’ but couldn’t refuse him out of guilt. I used to be the vice-captain of my team.
That’s how the ice broke, and then it was easy to communicate. So is there any scope or wish that you pursue it now?No, no chance.Have you met the original students?I met Alia, since Akanksha Ranjan is a really dear friend of mine. We have common trainers in martial arts and gymnastics. Namaste England also came to me.With Tum Bin 2, Namaste England and Student Of The Year 2, you seem to become the hero of sequels…Well, yes. Is it true?Yeah, I actually am the surprise factor, which is why I’ve been kept under wraps. I still play decently. When she came, she went like ‘Oh my god it’s so hot man I’m not feeling well and I ate too much’.Then with the injury, how would you perform action stunts?I can’t put my knee on the ground, so I work around that. In fact me and Tiger trained together for martial arts which is how I know him even before Heropanti came out.Here are some excerpts from the interview:You seem to be the surprise factor in Namaste England. There was a time when we were patting each other’s backs. It was at Akanksha’s birthday party where I met Alia.You wanted to be a cricketer