HNY career cut-off point: Sonu Sood

After the release of his big-ticket picture Happy New Year (HNY), Sonu Sood (pictured with co-star Abhishek Bachchan) has pressed the “pause” button in his career. The idea is to watch the audience and the film trade’s reaction to his performance in the movie and to take his career to the next level.

“I am looking at HNY as a cut-off point in my career. I am hoping that one phase of my professional life has ended and a new one will begin. I’ve therefore signed no films after HNY. I want to see the reaction to my performance as one of the film’s protagonists,” said Sonu.

Sonu confesses that the confidence to take such a big decision comes from Shah Rukh Khan who has produced the film and also acted in it.

“It is to his credit that he gave me prominence in all the promotion and marketing of Happy New Year. He praises my performance at every given opportunity. That has boosted my self confidence. I’ve done dozens of Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films in strong supporting roles, both negative and positive. It’s time for me to take the lead now,” he said.

“I can’t believe audiences are clapping and cheering at my entry. It’s almost unreal. It’s time for me to indulge in some serious herogiri,” said the actor who visited theatres to see the response. “The break between what I’ve done before Happy New Year and what I’ll do after would be decisive,” he added.

Meanwhile Abhishek was greeted by a host of fans outside his father’s house last Sunday, and Amitabh felt a unique sense of pride. “The well wishers surge in numbers...they are excited and loud in their love...the gates unable to contain their enthusiasm, are not enough to hold them at a distance... there is a special attraction today - Abhishek aka Nandu Bhide from HNY (‘Happy New Year’),” Big B posted on his blog on Sunday night.