Anupam Kher wants everyone to follow their instinct

Though he has had long successful innings in B-Town, Anupam Kher decided to follow his instinct and head to the

Hollywood

to work there. That led him to exploring a whole new range of roles with talented actors. Sharing his mantra in a recent post on social media, he wrote, “Follow your instinct and the universe will open ‪doors where there were only walls (sic).” Check it out here:



In a recent interview, he spoke to us about the reasons he decided to explore the film industry on foreign shores. He said, “One of the reasons I wanted to go to America was that here, people had started calling me veteran, thespian, legend. Yaha, har kisi ko legend bol dete hain, when they reach a certain age. Legends are people like Dilip Kumar saab, Raj Kapoor saab, Mr Amitabh Bachchan, Robert De Niro... I am proud of the work that I have done, but titles like these often come with some connotations.”


The

actor

, who has brushed shoulders not even with actors of the younger generation like Varun Dhawan in '

Main Tera Hero

' and Aditya Roy Kapur in '

Dawant-e-Ishq

', further said, “It’s like people saying that you have done enough work, so we will now give you a lifetime achievement award and you can walk into the sunset. I do not want to carry the burden of being Anupam Kher on my shoulders. And yes, I wanted to feel like a newcomer, as far as my craft is concerned. Sometimes, it is good to unlearn because what you have learnt before becomes a burden.”