I`m consciously breaking away from serious image: Irrfan Khan

Irrfan Khan says he has always been making a conscious effort to break away from his serious image.

New Delhi: Irrfan Khan, who played an inspector in Danny Boyle`s Oscar-winning movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ and an FBI agent in ‘New York’, says he has always been making a conscious effort to break away from his serious image."I`m consciously breaking away from an image since the day I started my acting career," said Irrfan.

"When I was working on TV, everybody used to make me a doctor. Then I was sick of playing a doctor. In films, they used to cast me as a sober and sensitive guy. But that wasn`t exciting because playing filmy `shareef` (innocent) is so boring. "Then they gave me villain`s roles. Then I did comedy. So it`s a continuous effort not to get typecast. So I have been fighting from getting typecast since the beginning and I will continue doing it," he added. The seasoned actor, who has done movies as varied as "Salaam Bombay", "Maqbool", "Life In A Metro", "The Namesake", "Dil Kabaddi" and "New York", says he loves to do action adventure movies because they don`t typecast an actor. His forthcoming releases include "Acid Factory" and "Paan Singh Tomar", which are both action-based movies. IANS