‘Badhaai Ho’ actor Ayushmann Khurrana is a big fan of poetry. And the proof is his Twitter feed the actor shares, the actor has of late being sharing his own verses too and his fans are loving it as well. On the occasion of World Poetry Day, the actor revealed that he plans to release a book of his own poems really soon, “The biggest influence has been my mother (Poonam Khurrana), who has a Master’s degree in Hindi. My Hindi is good because of her! (laughs) It was because of her that there’d be literature books in vernacular languages at my home while I was growing up. My father (P. Khurrana) was interested in poetry and ghazals, so that’s where my interest stemmed from.”
The actor also said he plans it for the future not now, “Why not right now? That’s a part of my bucket list. But I don’t have enough material right now, therefore I’ll continue [writing verses] till I have close to around a hundred pages.” Check out his new verse:
The actor’s interest in poetry was revealed when he appeared as a guest on a show last year and recited his self-composed poem, ‘Mukhote’. He said, “Harivansh Rai, Nirala... all of them were called ‘rashtra kavi’ (national poets) because they’d write motivational stuff, and take pride in being an Indian. I love reading Rumi, Shiv Kumar Batalvi (who had written 'Ikk Kudi', used in the 2016 film 'Udta Punjab'). While growing up, I read 'Paash'. His poem 'Sapne Khatarnak' would be used in our street plays (when I was doing theatre).”
The actor concluded by saying, “Writers today are finally getting their due, but we have a long way to go. I firmly believe that writers are the biggest stars, the ones who create content. They make us actors a star because we portray a character written by them. They’re still underpaid, so there’s still a long way to go. All my hit films — ‘Vicky Donor’ (2012), ‘Dum Laga Ke Haisha’ (2015), ‘Bareilly Ki Barfi’, ‘Shubh Mangal Saavdhan’ (both 2017) turned out the way they were, because brilliant people like Juhi Chaturvedi, Nitesh Tiwari, Sharat Katariya, and Hitesh Kewalya came up with unique ideas and dialogues. The industry thrives because of writers.”
