Though more interested in craft of acting than the perks that come with it, actor Adil Hussain also has monetary concerns. "When my wife Kristen was full blown pregnant, I had just Rs.3000 in the account. I was teaching theatre at the National School of Drama (NSD) then as a visiting faculty. Even as we were contemplating how we will make it, I got a call from the producer of 'Gangor', who wanted to cast me because Irrfan had left the film. I asked them to deposit this much amount in my account by this time and after that I didn't have to look back. Thankfully, it turned out to be a good script," Adil told a national daily. He added, "The way industry is offering me police officer roles, I am in danger of becoming the next Ifthikhar. I don't want to. I am happy driving my Wagon R. In fact, I have told NSD that if they pay me well I would like to spend six months teaching."
With 'Robot-2', 'Force-2' and 'Commando-2' to provide him financial stability, Adil has decided to go slow on films. "No matter how interesting and how intense are roles in films it doesn't really push you towards breaking the boundaries intensely enough, consistently enough. If I am playing Othello I am rehearsing for six months, six hours a day. So I am acting. On a film set I am there for 12 hours but I am practically acting for five to six minutes in that 12-hour schedule. If you count your work from action to cut the day's work is of five minutes. And rest of the time I am waiting to act. Of course, I am being paid well. That's why I can offer guests coffee and dry fruits but in the process I am getting bored."
He added, "During 'Ishqiya', Naseer sahib said that this was the first time he discussed acting with a fellow actor on a film set. I was shocked." The catalyst came on the sets of 'Dobara' where somebody gave Lisa Ray and him a play called 'Annapurna' to read. "I felt refreshed and realised that I am missing the fun of acting. So this year, I am returning to Shakespeare with 'The Tempest'. Director Roysten Abel is going to interpret it."
