Ranveer Singh: "I Don't Subscribe To One-Upmanship, Upstaging"

"You are only as good as your co-actor," said Ranveer Singh

Bollywood star Ranveer Singh on Thursday said he isn't competitive by nature and doesn't believe in one-upmanship. Ranveer Singh made his first media appearance at the Filmfare press conference here, two days after a FIR was filed against him over his bare-bodied photoshoot for an international magazine. Best known for his roles in movies like Bajirao Mastani, "Padmaavat", Gully Boy and 83, the actor has kept mum on the controversy so far and similar was the situation at the media event on Thursday evening.

The usual media question and answer session was not held as Singh only responded to queries posed by Filmfare editor Jitesh Pillaai.

On being asked about on-screen competition with his actor-wife Deepika Padukone, Singh said he isn't competitive at all.

"On screen, definitely not. I am not a competitive actor at all. I have a theatre background and they teach you at a very early stage in your training... Some of the foundations of that kind of training are constituted by the ethos of collaborativeness. "What I have learnt and not just in my training but from the 12 years that I spent acting in films is that you are only as good as your co-actor... It takes two to tango," the 37-year-old actor said. Ranveer Singh does not believe in one-upmanship and upstaging, he said, adding that there were few instances where his co-stars have tried to "hog the limelight".