Hindustan Times ST (Mumbai) - Brunch
Viveck Vaswani, Actor-filmmaker
“Nowadays, the young take a gap year; I took a four-year-long gap year!”
What were your career options back then?
I had none because I was terrible at studies. All I did during my school and college days was watch movies. But I knew everything about movies! I would go to the theatre daily and speak to the projectionists, gatekeepers and ticket sellers. My entire knowledge of cinema came from them, there was no Google then!
Your bank balance?
I did not have a bank account. I would take cash from my father’s cupboard—he left it open for me. I took 15 every day.
Your relationship status?
I was single. It didn’t strike me I could do anything else in a theatre except watch films.
Your focus in life.
Nowadays, the young take a gap year; I took a four-year-long gap year! I was ambitious enough to want to do theatre and film. I knew I could always take over my father’s retail business.
“MY KNOWLEDGE OF CINEMA CAME FROM PROJECTIONISTS, GATEKEEPERS AND TICKET SELLERS”