At wits146; end

8230;stands a very grim sort of person, and that8217;s me, actor-comedian Vrajesh Hirjee flips the funny side

It8217;s not necessary that what you see is what you8217;ll get. For instance, it8217;s not necessary that when you catch up with a comic in a queue, he8217;ll crack up in a jiffy and juggle with jokes. 8220;Exactly! I8217;m a serious guy, a very grim sort of person,8221; Vrajesh Hirjee braces this hallelujah moment and says that 8216;he doesn8217;t see himself as a comic8217;. 8220;It8217;s performance, it8217;s a job, acting is my profession, and this is a part of it.8221; Nevertheless, you still want to see the guy do that hissing cobra act in Golmaal, get away with straight face act of humour in Naya Office Office, leave you in splits with his 8216;stammering8217; success and roll on the screen as the oddball with that funny grin on his face and a condom song as his ringtone. That8217;s Vrajesh Hirjee, taking a laughing stock. In town for the shooting of Yashraj8217;s Hrippaa, Hirjee rewinds to formation days. 8220;I was always into acting, mainly stage performances. But life took a turn. I ended up doing commerce and law, and my first job was in fact in The Indian Express in Space marketing,8221; financial consultancy came next and Hirjee soon knew that money was not his calling. Advertising followed suit. 8220;Ravi Vasvani used to tell me that you are wasting your talent here, and I would stand in front of the mirror and think, no height, no looks, what will I do?8221; After Sorry Meri Lorry, Hirjee knew exactly what he was made and meant to do.

8220;By no stretch of imagination is comedy easy, and acting is not simple, so I try to variate and not repeat myself,8221; Vrajesh enjoys the art and craft of acting, the cinema for its impact, stage for that instant gratification and television for the incredible reach. 8220;I8217;ve done serious roles, but I feel when you use humour to put across a point, it works,8221; he talks of the latest condom campaign and how it has got record number of downloads. 8220;Real life can be extremely funny.8221;

Cinematic times have changed, scripts are being tailor made for comic characters and even mainstream actors are jumping into it. 8220;Look at Akshay Kumar,8221; Vrajesh is now eyeing for 8220;a greater reach and greater connect8221;. Looking forward to his next releases including Kabir Sadanand8217;s Tum Milo To Sahi where people started calling him junior

Nana Patekar, the supremely hilarious Golmaal Returns, some real life comedy in Daddy Cool and Roadside Romeo, Vrajesh feels that the moment he8217;ll stop working, it will be time to say bye. Right now, it8217;s carry on folks.