India, May 19 -- O ver a career spanning more than three decades, Saif Ali Khan has explored genres across films and OTT, from intense dramas like recently released Kartavya to beloved romcoms such as Hum Tum (2004) and Salaam Namaste (2005). But the actor now feels Bollywood-style rom-coms may no longer connect with audiences the way they once did. "I loved doing romcoms, but I feel they were like an anomaly in Indian cinema, which might have even started and finished with me in a sense," Saif says, adding, "Romcoms are a failed experiment, although a beautiful one." According to the actor, audiences today struggle to relate to the genre's classic "confused privileged guy" archetype. "People wonder what his problem is," he says, adding that such characters no longer feel relevant after a certain age. Laughing, the 55-year-old shares that actor-wife Kareena Kapoor Khan once told him he could no longer convincingly play a confused young man, and joked that actor-son Ibrahim Ali Khan should now take over "the family business". Still, Saif says he remains open to returning to romance on screen: "I loved those movies and they mean a lot to me. I'd love to do a love story, or even a comedy that ends in romance. There's still one romcom left in me." The actor also reflected on the growing intensity and violence in modern storytelling, calling it a reflection of the times. "It's not enough anymore to just tell a story. It has to shake you up, punch you a bit and sometimes even put you off," he says. Saif believes violence in cinema works only when it serves an emotional purpose. "Even violence is an art form and it has to connect. If it's just gratuitous, you want to shut your eyes," he says, adding that audiences today respond to deeper and more intense portrayals than they did a decade ago....