It was at a dinner with his friends Kareena, Shahid and director Ahmed Khan that Arbaaz Khan was offered the role of the comic gangster in Fool & Final. "It's not a consciously funny role. In both Fool & Final and Shoot-out At Lokhandwala I'll make people laugh," promises Arbaaz.

After five years of poker-faced spoil-sport roles, in Apoorva Lakhia's Shoot-out At Lokhandwala Arbaaz is finally loosening up. He's cast as a cop who provides many light moments. "My character Javed Sheikh is a bit of a linguistic with a master-command over many languages. He keeps correcting everyone's language. Though he doesn't mean to be, he's quite comical. Likewise my character in Feroz Naidiadwala's Fool & Final. I play this ganglord called Moscow Chikna who's always in a rage over goof-ups in his organization. He isn't consciously being funny. But comes across as such to those around him."

He shared a great rapport with the whole Shootout… team. "Sanjay Dutt and Suniel Shetty are friends, and actors I've looked up to . I'm on the right side of the law with them whereas most of the actors who played gangsters were naturally thrown together. I had to chase the gangster played by Rohit Roy. So I can't say we got a chance to like each other," says Arbaaz using the funny bones that he has lately discovered.

Arbaaz laughs recalling how he got the role in Fool & Final . "I was having dinner with Shahid , Bebo and Ahmed Khan when Ahmed said there was a character in his film only I could do…and his name was Moscow Chikna. It's hard to keep a straight face when your character has such a name. But in our films, anything is possible."

Arbaaz laughs recalling how he got the role in Fool & Final . "I was having dinner with Shahid , Bebo and Ahmed Khan when Ahmed said there was a character in his film only I could do…and his name was Moscow Chikna. It's hard to keep a straight face when your character has such a name. But in our films, anything is possible."

Arbaaz who has the disadvantage of being from a family of celebrities feels he has carved a distinct place for himself. "I've deliberately chosen to be different from the typical romantic-action heroes that Shah Rukh, Aamir and my brother Salman play. I knew I didn't stand a chance in that slot. So I started as an anti-hero….a slot that other big heroes subsequently adopted. I feel I've made a lot of mistakes in my career. Done roles that have finally done me more harm than good. But I've learnt from all my mistakes. Today I feel more confident . There're so many kinds of films being made. And I fit in comfortably into various slots."