Having carved out a niche for himself both in action and comedy films, Bollywood star Suniel Shetty still gets excited about scripts and wants to take up challenging roles, says Madhur Tankha...

He may be facing stiff competition from the younger generation of actors, but Bollywood star Suniel Shetty seems unruffled. In fact, the 40-plus actor does not mind sharing space on the big screen with young actors as long as the film excites the actor in him.

Revealing that his priority right now is his home production, Suniel says: "I am concentrating all my energies on `Raaste' that stars Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai. Both look great and I get along well with them. In fact, I gave Abhishek a chance to act in one of my productions even though he was not doing very well at the box-office. Now, he has proved his detractors wrong. The film will also star John Abraham."

Despite facing competition from the new breed of young actors, Suniel is not unduly worried. "Even today I am fitter than many of the youngsters. I do my own action scenes and can do them better than anyone else. Of course, youngsters like Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek and Shahid Kapoor are doing great work and I am happy for them".