Ranveer Singh: 'I'm not the next big thing'

Ranveer Singh has denied claims that he is the "next big thing".

The actor is currently working on his fourth film with veteran director Anurag Kashyap.

He told DNA India: "People started calling me the next big thing after Band Baaja Baaraat but I don't take such things seriously.

"By no means am I the next big thing and I don't allow such notions to get into my head. It is the end of an actor if he starts believing himself to be big. I have a long way to go. Sky is the limit."

The Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl star admitted that he was afraid of being stereotyped because of the success of his first role in hit film Band Baaja Baaraat.

He added: "I want to have a wide range and frankly for me the most important thing was to break the image of 'Bittoo Sharma'.

"A year ago when I had spoken on stage at an awards show, Abhinav Kashyap (Dabangg director) said to me that he was surprised I could speak in English.

"He said that Bittoo Sharma had become such a cult character that despite being a filmmaker himself, he was forced to believe that I was playing my real self on screen."

In October, Shah Rukh Khan singled out Singh as one of Bollywood's most promising young actors.