‘Lucknow plays the fulcrum in my career’
I know that I have to be perfect in auditions, reading and in front of the camera...
ANUD SINGH DHAKA, Actor
Deep Saxena
Actor Anud Singh Dhaka, last seen in OTT series ‘Taj Mahal 1989’, says he is born in Durg, brought up in Bhopal but ‘made in Lucknow’. “Career-wise, all the good things that have happened in life, Lucknow has been the centre-point,” said the actor who is currently shooting for series ‘Jackson’ in the state capital.
“In my debut series ‘Taj Mahal’, directed by Pushpendra Nath Misra, I played a Lucknow University student. Then I shot KBC advertisement with the Amitabh Bachchan that was directed by Nitesh Tewari here as he (Big B) was shooting for ‘Gulabo Sitabo’. And now, Saurabh (Tewari, director) sir has cast me for the title role in ‘Jackson’. It feels like a second home,” said Anud.
The actor featured in ‘Super 30’ and ‘Chhichhore’. “They were blink and miss roles but the shoot experience taught me a lot. It was because of ‘Chhichhore’ I got the KBC ad — after the audition of course.”
Earlier, his journey started after he got admission in St Xavier’s College, Mumbai. “To learn acting, I started assisting. I was one of the assistant directors in ‘Qarib
Qarib Single’. At its premier, Irfaan sir called me and said ‘Meri jaan, tum na idhar ho na udhar ho, tum bas beech main sahi jagah ho…tum bas acting karo’. I was probably waiting for such a push.”
He also did a role in the YouTube show ‘Adulting’. “Since I come from an ordinary family, I know that I can’t afford to go wrong.