‘Theatre polishes your talent and gets you ready for cinema’  

I am a graduate and after my studies,I did theatre for seven years in Shahjahanpur and Lucknow. Then, I joined the National School of Drama (NSD). After completing the course at NSD, I went to Mumbai. For one and ahalf years, I did various roles for TV shows and then got a chance in films.That’s how it all worked out.

I had been doing theatre since my school days. There was an ordnance factory in Shahjahanpur and we used to go there to perform. This factory was a matter of great attraction for me. I thought of joining the factory since it was run by the Ministry of Defence. I had a wish to join the Defence Services. Then I took active part in students’ politics too. Once Vibha Devi from Sangeet Natak Academy came to our place to hold a two-month theatre workshop. I took part in it and after the workshop, west aged a play in which I played the main character. I won a thundering applause for my performance. And that made me decide that I won’t join defence or politics but I will become an actor.

I am a self-motivated person. Since my childhood, after God, I thank myself, my physical being and my inner soul but if we have to take one name,then I will say Charlie Chaplin. When I watched Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator for the first time, I could not understand English. But then that was the film which changed my life.Apart from my parents, I feel inspired and guided by my guru Shri DevPrabhakar Shastri ji. My reel life is inspired and motivated by the love of my audience. They encourage me to never feel old and tired. I still say that it’s just the beginning for me, my best is yet to come.