“PM Modi is an action hero. When he doesn’t act in time, others must”

He’s the outlier who stormed insider worlds – and won. The unusual actor who starred in close to a hundred films – and formed his own cult. The unlikely politician who refuses to be just a famous face filling a seat but goes out, all guns blazing, to take on both friends and foes.

And in Anything but Khamosh, the fiery Sinha offered a candid glimpse into his offbeat world, and why he’s a political double-bill of sorts: both a BJP stalwart and dissenter. He regaled the audience with dialogues from his films and what he calls displaying “sportsmanship” in politics, which is the capacity to praise one’s enemies and critique one’s friends. He spoke of the “greys in his life”; why he considers himself an “inspiring” actor (because if he can, anyone can!); and why India cannot afford hate. Memorably, asked why he baits Prime Minister Modi so much, he said because Modi is an action hero, and when he doesn’t act in time, others must!