Aparshakti feels there’s work for everyone in the age of OTT
IAgar iss zamane mein aapke paas kaam nahin hai, then you are not cut out for this industry. APARSHAKTI KHURANA, Actor
n a career spanning six years, actor Aparshakti Khurana has learnt one thing pretty soon. “First of all, very few come to you with a full script, a lot of people don’t have a proper script. Not just actors, most producers and directors catch hold of a script which is just 100 pages long. Kam hote hain directors, jo itna tasalli se kaam karte hain. The first priority is to complete the film,” says the actor, who was last seen in the film Hum Do Hamare Do (2021).
The 34-year-old also believes that today, there are a host of opportunities, and being jobless is difficult. “I was speaking to threefour actors from different backgrounds. It (our conversation) started with something like how OTT has given so much liberty, sab ke paas kaam hai. I said something like ‘agar iss zamane mein aapke paas kaam nahin hai, then you are not cut out for Mumbai or this industry’,” he says.
A lot of things are happening on every medium, and that applies to people behind the scene as well. Khurana adds, “Agar aaj ki date mein aap free ho, then you need a reality check... or there’s some problem with your intent to work. There are so many platforms to perform, including social media.”
Having worked with directors such as Vikramaditya Motwane and Atul Sabharwal, Khurana talks about his upcoming projects. “I am 99% sure, until it’s a complete game changer, my next film has to be a comedy, because I have done back to back films which are not comedy. I go back to my roots, a space which gave me respect,” he ends.