Nobody will stop trying for Bollywood, feels Jay

The times, they are achangin’, and how rapidly! Eight months into 2020, and the year seems to be full of upheavals. And that is bound to affect one’s mental health. Amid all this, actor Jay Bhanushali’s mantra to stay sane is to take one day at a time.

“Keep smiling and target one day at a time. Everyone is going through some or the other problem. We’re all in this together... For people like me, who have been working for a long time, it was difficult to be at home, out of work. It is important to keep yourself busy... Voh kehte hain naa, khaali dimaag shaitaan ka ghar,” he says. His kids were his anchor during the stressful times. “My kids kept me busy with constant questions,” shares the actor, who is back at work, now that shoots have resumed. Adding that the four months of lockdown affected even the most successful of celebrities, he says, “Now even if I get a small job, I’ll take it. I won’t sit at home. Koi kaam bada ya chhota nahi hota. This pandemic has reinforced this.”

Controversies have always hounded Bollywood, but that hasn’t deterred new talent from cultivating its own space. Bhanushali, 35, says, “Nobody would stop trying for

Bollywood. The negativity will not stop people from trying their best. If anyone says otherwise, they are lying. When you are doing a film, it’s like a library. Even if I am not there in the world, somebody might pick up my film from that library and watch it.” If a Bollywood offer came his way, would he agree? “Of course! Everyone wants to grow in life,” he ends.