Like his best friend Tiger Shroff, Rinzing Denzongpa, son of the celebrated Danny Denzongpa got his first film on his own merit.
“Dad was very clear on that.He wanted me to go out and find my own work.And very honestly, I didn’t want to start my career on Dad’s recommendation. He has his own career trajectory. I would like mine. I want to be selfmade like him, ” says Rinzing who at 32 is one of the oldest debutants in recent times.
Not that Rinzing is overly bothered by the age factor. “It’s not that I was not sure about being an actor. I was. But I had other interests. I am involved in business ventures. For sometime I was part of my dad’s brewery business. But we couldn’t see eye to eye on the way the business needed to be run. So I backed out.”
Rinzing’s movie career has taken time to take off. “There are many reasons for the delay.We started shooting for my debut Squad in September 2019 in Minsk(Belarus). We could barely complete one schedule when the Covid pandemic revised all our plans. You know what they say about what God does to Man’s plans?”
Rinzing and the Squad team returned to Minsk in 2020 to complete the film. “This was at the peak of the pandemic.We went back to Minsk to shoot.While we were there the city and the country of Belarus went through major political upheavals. While I was shooting fake guns in Minsk there were real grenades being thrown just a little distance away. It was scary but challenging.”
The debutant whose film streams on Zee5 from November 12 has come out wiser from the experience. “I don’t think I would want it any other way. The hardships that the project faced have made me stronger.Now that my debut film Squad is complete I look back at the experience with a lot of pride.”
He is eager to show Squad to his Dad Danny and Mom . “I am nervous about his reaction. He won’t spare my feelings. He doesn’t mince words. In fact I haven’t seen my film as yet. I am nervous to see it myself.”
What about BFF Tiger Shroff? “Oh ,he’s shooting in the UK. He will watch it there. I suppose.Tiger’s opinion is very important to me. He is not only my best friend since childhood but also my younger brother.Although I’m only six months older I am very protective towards him. We are both very disciplined in our lifestyle.But I don’t think anywhere as disciplined as Tiger. His stardom makes me proud. The only things is, we can’t meet every day now like we used to . He’s too busy for me.”
Soon it may be Rinzing’s turn to be time-challenged.
“I wish, I hope, I pray. I have done my best in Squad. It is a rescue action thriller .And I’ve worked hard on the action scenes,” says Rinzing, known to be a recluse like his father.
“I wouldn’t call myself a recluse. But I don’t party. No late nights. I have my closely-knit circle of friends.And I would rather watch films for recreation than go out to have fun,” says Rinzing.
Any favourites among his father’s films? “I love him in Khuda Gawah, Laal Kothi , Khotte Sikkey, Dharmatma, Fakira and Lahu Ke Do Rang. I recently came to know that my dad is also a good singer. He has sung with the greatest singers of Hindi cinema Lataji and Ashaji.There is so much that I don’t know about my father. Hopefully I will meet people in the course of my career who will tell me more about him.”
