In India I've been to all the award functions, but that was in Hindi; now it's in English so it's a much bigger scale.
But it is not conscious strategy to go for unconventional roles.
An outsider can see some things much better.
Everyone starts a film thinking that it would be a big hit. But sometimes it goes haywire.
I have lot of respect of filmmakers who work in Telugu and Tamil.
There are hurdles, there are handicaps, hardships you have to face in life, but you hope for a great future.