Second income is a must if you want to be choosy: Angad

Aqualified architect and interior designer, actor Angad Hasija asserts that having an alternate career has worked well for him while crafting his 15-year-long actor’s journey. He feels it also gave him freedom to be selective with his choice of work.

Hasija says, “Since I’m wellestablished, I don’t have to pick up shows just for the sake of keeping busy. I have the choice to select what I really want to do, without bothering about the month-end pay cheques. If you want to be choosy, then it’s very important to have a parallel establishment and income — whatever it may be. Also, majboori mei aapko jo bhi milega karna padega...”

Hasija took up acting to live his mother’s dream. “She wanted me to be an actor, and that’s how I came into this field. My passion was to become an architect and do interiors, which I continued to do, but then when I got involved in

Since, I’m wellestablished, I don’t have to pick-up shows just for the sake of keeping busy. I’ve the choice to select what I want to do. ANGAD HASIJA,

acting in big shows, acting too became an integral part of me,” says the Waris and Phulwa actor.

Starting his career with Sapna Babul Ka... Bidaai at the age of 19, he has done 10 shows so far. “Both my jobs can sound very different, but at the end of the day, they are both part of the creative world. When I am not acting, I am fully involved in crafting and building something. I enjoy both the forms and whatever I am doing at that moment, I do it with full honesty. Since it’s my family business, after acting assignments, whatever time I get, I give it to my business.”

He has done TV all the way. “I have done just one OTT series, Ishq Aaj Kal (2019), and have completed a feature film that will be announced soon. So, having done all the three mediums, I somehow find TV more interesting as it keeps you busy for a longer period of time and that becomes a habit! I enjoyed acting on the web and in films, but I will never say no to TV.”