The very versatile and committed Amole Gupte is a reluctant actor.Proof of this lies in the fact that he he has just edited himself out of his own directorial venture Hawaa Hawaai

The film about a roller-skating teacher(Salim Saqib) and his favourite pupil(played by Amole's very talented son Partho) featured the director in a cameo.

Amole decided against keeping himself in his film.

If he has said yes to Rohit Shetty's Singham 2 it's only because Amole Gupte is a big Golmaal fan.Amole's pre-condition for signing the Singham 2? He must not play a Maharashtrian again.

Says Amole, `I've done the Maharashtrian villain in Vishal Bharadwaj's Kaminey.So while Ajay Devgn and Kareena are Maharashtrians, I am not. We thought it would be too much of a cliche to pitch a Maharashtrian cop-hero against a Maharashtrian villain. So my character of the villain would not be region-specific.`

Amole Gupte who went through a health scare last year is taking no chances with his physiology . For his new role in Rohit Shetty's film Amole needs to put on weight.

Says Amole, `I lost weight last year because of my health issues. I need to look heftier for my role in Rohit's film.I am routing my weight-gain through a nutritionist.I've to be very careful because I am diabetic.`

Amole Gupte who has agreed to play the arch-villain in Rohit Shetty's Singham 2 says he is a big fan of Shetty's Golmaal series, `Especially Golmaal 3 is my most favourite. I play the true blue villain Rohit's Singham 2.`

Amole thought over Rohit's offer for just a day. `I almost immediately decided to do it. I knew there would be no filth. By the way,I was also offered Indra Kumar's Grand Masti , Kaizad Gustad's Jackpot and Mohit Suri's Villain. But during the months of November and December there was no way I could take time off from the shooting of my own film Hawa Hawaii.`

Amole's Hawaa Hawaai is all set for a May 9 release. He had a cameo part in the film but decided to delete it.

`I took it off. I thought , what was I doing? It looked too gimmicky.Subhash Ghai can make an appearance in his films because he makes larger-than-life films.My film is too true to life for gimmicks.`