Born in Gorakhpur, this child artiste is making waves in Mumbai
GORAKHPUR:As an intelligent mother Arpita Savaille, a Gorakhpur woman, was quick to notice the extraordinary acting talent in her son Jared and decided to leave her well-paid teaching job in Delhi to move to Mumbai in October 2019 to ensure the kid makes his career in TV and cinema.
The family decided to move to Mumbai after a successful audition by Jared and his first commercial on home loan in 2015 when he was just four.
Jared, now 9 and a student of class 4 at Mumbai’s Reyan International School, has already done dozens of TV commercials, played roles in films, sops and offers from producers continue to pour in for him every day.
Jared traces his roots to Gorakhpur, his parent’s hometown where he was also born. His latest stint as a child artiste in Mahesh Bhatt’s ‘Dil Jaise Dhadke Dhadakne Do’, a television soap, has made him popular in every home in Gorakhpur.
In the drama series, the little actor plays Yug Gautam who wins hearts by singing Ram lila Rap “Ram Ji Ne Kiya Ravan Ka Kam Tamam, Bolo Jai Shree Ram.
Arpita Savaille said her son went through tough rounds of auditions for this role and cleared most of them. He was striking a good balance between studies and his passion for acting. This year, he secured 98% marks, she added. “As most of schools raised objection to his long hair, required for the role he is currently playing in the series, we got him admitted to Reyan School which allows him to keep long hair and is quite supportive. The school gives him an hour’s break on request for acting,” she said.
Speaking over phone, Jared said, “My mother helps me a lot. She does all for me.”
Jared, who was the face of Mother Dairy ads in 2016 IPL, said he wanted to become a successful actor like Shahrukh Khan— his role model. He also played the role of Manisha Koirala’s son in Bollywood movie ‘Madam Maya’.
The kid said he loved sci-fi movies. He sees first day first show of all Marvel movies with his father Kevin Savaille, who works as a senior manager with a UK-based telecom company.
He held the record of winning first prize for five consecutive terms for English elocution in his school in Delhi.
“He is very well-versed in English but couldn’t speak Hindi properly so he was made to learn Hindi,”shared his grandfather SK Lawrance, a treasurer of Christ Church in Gorakhpur.