Ranbir Kapoor inspired me to be choosy about work, met me like he knew me forever, says Paramvir Singh Cheema: ‘Welcome to the industry’ | Bollywood News

Paramvir Singh Cheema, who is gearing up for the release of the second season of the Sony LIV show Chamak, is a big fan of Ranbir Kapoor. Since the beginning of his career, the actor has followed Ranbir’s footsteps. Be it his choice of work or his looks from various films, Cheema has been mostly inspired the Tamasha star, often being compared to him his peers. In an exclusive conversation with SCREEN, Cheema shared how he thought Ranbir was just another good looking guy until he joined the industry himself.
Speaking with SCREEN, Cheema said, “I was not a fan of Ranbir Kapoor. I thought he was a good looking guy. But when I joined the industry, I got to know how things work here. And when you see Ranbir Kapoor’s career, you will see his graph has only gone upwards with each of his film. It is all because of the choices he has made and the way he performed.”
Following Ranbir’s footsteps, Paramvir too became quite picky about the kind of projects he took up from the beginning of his career. “It was very difficult. It also comes to finances. But then I had seen people taking up any and everything they got and then suddenly disappear. So I knew it was important to make the right choices. It was Ranbir Kapoor who inspired me. Be it his film Barfi, Animal, or Tamasha, they are all so different. I started to say no to a lot of work. This made my manager worried, but thank God I did. Today I have amazing lineup of films”, said Paramvir.
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Paramvir said a lot of people compare him to Ranbir Kapoor. “A lot of people have told me that Ranbir and I share a lot of similarities. They had compared my look from Sapne vs Everyone with Ranbir’s Tamasha look. People compared Chamak to Animal. I really liked it.”
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After admiring him for years, Paramvir finally had a chance to meet his favourite star face-to-face at the screening of Black Warrant. Paramvir played a jailer in the show who becomes an alcoholic. “I got a chance to meet him at the screening of Black Warrant in Mumbai. He came and he was standing there and I was just looking at him and wondering, ‘Should I go to him or not’ and then I saw him coming to me. He met me as though he knew me forever. He spoke so warmly with me, praised my work and said, ‘Welcome to the industry’. That was the moment for me.”
Paramvir Cheema rose to fame after his show Tabbar. He then played a rockstar in the Sony LIV series Chamak. He is currently working with filmmaker Anand L Rai for an untitled project. He will also be seen with Varun Dhawan and Diljit Dosanjh in the sequel of 1997 film Border.

Jyothi Jha works as a Copy Editor at the Indian Express. She brings in more than 5 years of experience where she has covered Entertainment majorly for TV9, NDTV and Republic Media. Apart from Entertainment, she has been an anchor, copy editor and managed production team under the Politics and Daily News segment. She’s passionate about Journalism and it has always been her first choice, she believes in what George Orwell had once said, ” Journalism is printing what someone else does not want you to do, rest everything is public relations”. … Read More