I DON’T WANT TOBEA
Rajeev Khandelwal elevision, films, OTT —
going forward, the has done it all. And
experimenting actor wants to continue
projects. and dabbling with new
as a risk,” he shares, “I don’t look at anything
person, be it leaving adding, “I’m a very instinctive
to Hoga) or taking my first hit show (Kahiin
When I did the film, I up a film like Aamir (2008).
to be a part of it and was told no one was keen
launch.” that it was not a conventional
over the years, some Khandelwal admits that
difficult his choices. “It is very people have questioned
world that I don’t calculate for me to tell the
So call. I go by my instinct. stuff before I take any
projects, of course, digital when I took up digital
were people, like my well wasn’t that big. There
move, but somehow, wishers, questioning my
stuff on platforms, I felt because I was watching
he explains. that this was the future,”
up OTT projects, the Another reason to take
variety that it offered to 45-year-old says, was the
the kind of people I was him as an actor. “Also,
do was great. I wanted to getting to associate with
think whether it short format series. I didn’t
just another medium would work or not. It was
and as long as people was experimenting with,
says Khandelwal, who accept me, I am happy,”
Court Martial. also starred in a web play,
become a prominent While he agrees OTT has
the actor says he platform amid the pandemic,
to the digital space now. wouldn’t restrict himself
dabble with some “In the future also, I will
I don’t want to be a captive platform or the other.
I don’t want to be bound of a particular medium.
accepted. When I look by anything. I should be
I should feel happy that back and think about it,
web. I derive strength I could do TV, films and from all this,” he concludes.
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