In his eight-year-old career, Ranveer Singh has played a lazy lad-turned-wedding planner, a charming thief, a Gujarati Romeo, a Maratha warrior and most recently a vile Sultan. Now waiting for the release of Simmba, the actor said the idea of working in the Rohit Shetty film got all his “adrenaline” pumped up — something he thrives on.

After the success of Padmaavat early this year, Ranveer is geared up to play a Mumbai cop Sangram “Simmba” Bhalerao in the film, which is set for a December release.

“Simmba is the type of film I loved as a kid. The masala film is something that attracted me to become an actor in the first place. Getting a chance to work with Rohit Shetty, the king of masala movies, is a huge deal for me. I find it very challenging,” he said. “You have to perform so many things - there is comedy, action, drama- everything together... This movie has a lot of all genres. The adrenaline is what I live for and hence shooting for this was a blast.”

The 33-year-old actor says he tried his best to get into the skin of the character but felt a bit nervous about working with Rohit. “It was a blast working with Rohit and the rest of the cast. I did feel a slight pressure to deliver but that was just me wanting to ace my first film as a masala hero with Rohit,” said Ranveer. Ranveer finds comedy the toughest cookie to crack. “It’s always been a conscious choice for me to be a versatile actor. Growing up, I used to always admire actors who had that chameleon quality and who could transform themselves into anyone and any kind of genre. Those are the type of actors I aspire to be and hence I always ensure all roles that I choose are starkly different from each other,” he said. “Comedy is the hardest as you need to nail it with every dialogue delivery. I don’t have any expectations for December but I’m just enjoying the process. It’s very enriching and I’m trying to absorb all of it. It’s exciting to see the audience anticipation though.”

Simmba, starring debutante Sara Ali Khan, opens on December 28.