During college I started doing theatre with a group called TFT theatre for theatre group under the directorship of Sudesh Sharma he is my guru my mentor and he’s my teacher he has taught me everything about Acting before joining Theatre I was you know in that rat race Kyaa hoga Kya Karna hai life Mein when I started finally doing theatre then actually found my true calling
1. Tell us something about your background and journey.
So basically I’m from Chandigarh and I have been here in Mumbai since almost 5 years now and as far as my background is concerned of course I did my schooling from Chandigarh from St John’s high school sector 26 Chandigarh it’s an all boys school and during my college I did my BCom Honours from DAV College sector 10 Chandigarh
So during college I started doing theatre with a group called TFT theatre for theatre group under the directorship of Sudesh Sharma he is my guru my mentor and he’s my teacher he has taught me everything about Acting before joining Theatre I was you know in that rat race Kyaa hoga Kya Karna hai life Mein when I started finally doing theatre then actually found my true calling so in DAV also I joined Aaghaaz which is Ayushmann Khurrana’s theatre group I mean he was one of the founders cofounders of the group
So I did one-month-long workshop intensive pretty intensive physical theatre workshop so but bad Maine Chhod Diya Tha then I joined TFT theatre for theatre so about one month there at DAV but one month whatever I learnt there in aaghaaz the DAV College group that was a great learning experience so yeah after joining TFT my journey started of being an actor
So I performed all over India I performed in places like Delhi Kurukshetra Bathinda Anand which is in Gujarat both Gaya Bihar Ujjain Indore and couple of other cities touring with my group and perform in place and then I came to Mumbai and I just started Acting and the day on which I landed in Mumbai it was June 29, 2015
2. Who inspired you to become a television actor?
Honestly when I started doing theatre I actually found my true calling as I just mentioned and I don’t want to put myself in a bracket and say that I am a television actor of course I have done some television shows.
2. Who inspired you to become a television actor?
Honestly when I started doing theatre I actually found my true calling as I just mentioned and I don’t want to put myself in a bracket and say that I am a television actor of course I have done some television shows.
I have done some films web series and commercials as well so like just rephrasing your question like what inspired to you inspired you to be an actor I mean I just love this craft I mean you get the opportunity to play so many different characters in your whole life.
I think being an artist is always fascinating being an artist always allows allows you to push boundaries always allows you to look at the society and the conventional norms in different perspective so yeah I just love being an artist is your art is a different people artist some misfits and so yeah I just love being an actor.
3. Tell us something about your role 'Bobby' in Patiala babes?
Bobby was great fun yeah Bobby is like one of the most sweet most caring and one of the most funniest characters which have played till now so playing Bobby was like just having fun every day whenever are used to be on the set.
Bobby was great fun yeah Bobby is like one of the most sweet most caring and one of the most funniest characters which have played till now so playing Bobby was like just having fun every day whenever are used to be on the set.
Bobby is basically one of those lovers who falls in love with a girl but the girl doesn’t love him back so he has this on one-sided love affair all the time and but he also knows that the girl he likes he probably never get to meet her but yeah considering that thing in a different way what Bobby as a character focuses on is just being a good true caring genuine friend and of course I love doing all my scenes with Ashnoor Kaur Mohit Hiranandani and so many tremendous actors and of course a big big shout out to Rajita mam and Vivek Budakoti sir who are rhe creators and producers of Patiala Babes
Patiala babes is actually it’s it’s a very progressive and very intellectual show and it’s actually a very modern show and the story is absolutely beautiful and I I’m just honoured and grateful to be able to portray the character of Bobby and to connect with the people for almost 1 1/2 years so yeah playing bobby was fun Bobby will always be one of the special characters you know which are close to your heart
Patiala babes is actually it’s it’s a very progressive and very intellectual show and it’s actually a very modern show and the story is absolutely beautiful and I I’m just honoured and grateful to be able to portray the character of Bobby and to connect with the people for almost 1 1/2 years so yeah playing bobby was fun Bobby will always be one of the special characters you know which are close to your heart
4. How was your experience working with 'Akshay Kumar' in gold?
Gold is one of the most cherished experiences of my life and will always remain that because see honestly I knew like from a career perspective this will not help me because it had already Akshay sir and there are four main characters and a TV actress was being launched so it is just that the 2 1/2 months we spend in the UK and that was just a life changing experience and of course working with Excel entertainment working with Reema Kagti mam excel entertainment is actually one of the best production houses in the industry and just those 2 1/2 months and also shooting in Punjab Mumbai and some other places so Gold will always be a memorable experience.
Gold is one of the most cherished experiences of my life and will always remain that because see honestly I knew like from a career perspective this will not help me because it had already Akshay sir and there are four main characters and a TV actress was being launched so it is just that the 2 1/2 months we spend in the UK and that was just a life changing experience and of course working with Excel entertainment working with Reema Kagti mam excel entertainment is actually one of the best production houses in the industry and just those 2 1/2 months and also shooting in Punjab Mumbai and some other places so Gold will always be a memorable experience.
I made some lifelong friends I made some good buddies Akshay Sir is amazing man he is a Punjabi at heart And he just loves Punjabis and also he doesn’t have that sort of starry tantrums or you know the superstardom which people expect to happen he’s just a chilled out guy he just loves fooling around on the sets and he is extremely passionate extremely dedicated and the most important quality for which he is famous and I saw it while working with him that he is extremely diligent and disciplined when it comes to working so yeah it was really inspiring to work with Akshay Sir.
At such a young stage my career and seeing him work and see his process gold was a great experience again it will be one of those special experiences which you can never forget in your life so working with Akshay Sir working with Reema Kagti mam working with excellent attainment and working with all the other fine actors and the entire crew was indeed a blessing in disguise for me
5. What did you like the most about this show 'Sarafarosh-Saragarhi 1897'?
21 Sarfarosh Saragarhi 1897 it’s like I feel fortunate and extremely humbled to have been gotten the opportunity to add this show to my cap Gurmukh Singh playing Sepoy Gurmukh Singh was one of the most amazing experiences of my life and the best part about the show is that it has it has its heart and soul at the right place of course it was 65 episodes all the characters are covered and the entire battle was shown in the 65 episodes what I used to feel grateful every single day whenever I used to go on set and try to perform little bit close to the actual Gurmukh Singh,
21 Sarfarosh Saragarhi 1897 it’s like I feel fortunate and extremely humbled to have been gotten the opportunity to add this show to my cap Gurmukh Singh playing Sepoy Gurmukh Singh was one of the most amazing experiences of my life and the best part about the show is that it has it has its heart and soul at the right place of course it was 65 episodes all the characters are covered and the entire battle was shown in the 65 episodes what I used to feel grateful every single day whenever I used to go on set and try to perform little bit close to the actual Gurmukh Singh,
I used to just think about the real the actual 21 soldiers who fought against 10,000 people I mean the amount of hard work the actual sacrifice courage valour which those martyrs had and what did it for the freedom of the country that’s nothing nothing absolutely nothing as compare to what we were trying to portray on screen so if I mean I don’t know if I was even able to just portray 1% of what the actual real Gurmukh Singh’s courage would have been then I feel blessed and proud of the fact that I could portray them on screen and it was just beautiful experience I consider it my best role so far and also I am playing the youngest of the 21 soldiers has your own added pressure is an added expectations from the entire team and it was one of them it was like almost the lead character after Mohit Raina Sir’s Havaldar Ishar Singh.
So in terms of performance as well and in terms of the amount of screen space I consider it considers it to be my best role so far and overall it is a very beautiful show and the story is always inspiring I mean war stories underdog stories are always inspiring and this is one of those stories which people in the next generations they will actually get inspired from it and they will actually understand the real meaning of valour the real meaning of courage valour and bravery.
Again I am honoured and I feel grateful to have been a part of a show which was made with so much of love so much of passion and so much of heart, the heart was at the right place.
6. What is your mantra of success?
To just keep at it. Keep working hard. And always be grateful and kind to the word.
To just keep at it. Keep working hard. And always be grateful and kind to the word.
Interviewed by - Amisha Dhameja
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