‘I don’t see myself only as an actor’

We asked Harsh Varrdhan what his other interests were apart from acting as his colourful Instagram posts with quirky clothes and sneakers caught our eye. “Right now I have a girlfriend so basically there’s no time for anything else… she’s become my hobby,” he laughed, adding, “I like clothes a lot, I like shoes and dressing up. I like taking long walks, swimming, lifting weights. I love watching films; I like reading sporadically.

“I want to make clothes as well; I’ve been ideating and creating notes on my iphone about clothes that I’d like to make. I don’t know when I’m going to end up making them but I definitely want to do a capsule of some sort. It will probably have to be self-funded, because when it is funded by other companies there are not just timelines but the expectation to do things in a certain way. I was speaking to my brother-in-law about it and he said I would be better off self-funding this.”

“I want to do a podcast about films at some point also. I need money for a lot of these things so probably after I’ve decided what I’m doing next as an actor, then I can start spreading my wings.”

“The production thing for Thar is also new in a way; it’s exciting that I’ve been able to do that with only my fifth acting credit.”

“The idea is to make clothes, do podcasts, maybe even write and direct a film one day. It’s about not doing one thing for the rest of my life. I don’t really see myself only as an actor; I look at it as something I am doing right now.”