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"Irrfan Khan has revealed that he is still uncomfortable appearing in masala films. The actor can currently be seen in Paan Tomar Singh playing a running champion-turned-outlaw. He told The Times of India: &amp;quot;[The fluffy stuff] never came to me naturally. This mainstream vs niche thing, you can see it as a conflict, but I am trying to bridge it. I am also trying to do entertaining stories. I want to entertain people, but with some substance. &amp;quot;The director creates the story, he fits you there. There are so many actors who can do wonders if put into the right hands. Correct casting is critical. &amp;quot;But it&amp;#039;s not their - the director&amp;#039;s - need. It&amp;#039;s my need. If I&amp;#039;m doing a film in two months, and it is giving me a lot of money - and then there&amp;#039;s a film where I am getting one-fourth of the money, and it takes five months of my time, but it&amp;#039;s a role like The Namesake, I&amp;#039;ll take that. That&amp;#039;s a choice I have to make. &amp;quot;But why that work came to me in the first place - whether The Namesake or others - I cannot decipher that. I am incapable and too limited to be able to really understand that.&amp;quot; In February, Khan said he had loved playing Singh because the real-life figure reminded him of his own father. The Slumdog Millionaire star replaced Neil Nitin Mukesh in the crime thriller Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster in January. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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