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Pratik Gandhi has done Gujarati theatre, blink-and-miss parts in Hindi TV shows, starred in hit Gujarati films including Bey Yaar and Wrong Side Raju and played the hero ka friend in Hindi films Loveyatri and Mitron. But the career-making role the Surat-born actor had sought since he moved to Mumbai in 2004 finally came with the streaming show Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story, in which Gandhi plays the infamous stockbroker. Since its release, Gandhi has been ubiquitous in the Best of 2020 lists for his stellar performance which stays clear of caricaturising the protagonist, emphasising instead on Mehta s astuteness, ambition and flaws. None of us had thought that the show would be so big, that it would change lives like it has mine, says Gandhi. The actor finds himself fielding congratulatory calls from seniors (Shabana Azmi and Boney Kapoor to name a few) and casting calls which, he noted, are now more reverential in their tone. In
Scam 1992 Actor Pratik Gandhi: I Was Leading A Secure Life With My Job, But Acting Was Always Part Of My Personality
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For years Pratik Gandhi, a known face in Gujarati theatre and films, straddled two starkly different worlds as an engineer and artiste but the actor is happy that his perseverance finally paid off with Scam 1992 The Harshad Mehta Story . Gandhi s stellar performance in the Hansal Mehta-directed limited series on Sony LIV was one of the most talked about roles of 2020. The actor, born in Surat to teacher parents, arrived in Mumbai in 2004 but the path eventually led him back to his home state where he found fame in Gujarati cinema and plays before being spotted for the role of the infamous stockbroker Harshad Mehta. The only thing, Gandhi said, he could relate with Harshad Mehta was his humble beginnings and the desire to do something in life.
Pratik Gandhi Says He Was Comfortable & Secure Working As An Engineer Till 2016 But Never Thought Of Quitting Acting
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For years Pratik Gandhi, a known face in Gujarati theatre and films, straddled two starkly different worlds as an engineer and artiste but the actor is finally happy that his perseverance finally paid off with Scam 1992 The Harshad Mehta Story.
Gandhi s stellar performance in the Hansal Mehta-directed limited series on Sony LIV was one of the most talked about roles of 2020.
The actor, born in Surat to teacher parents, arrived in Mumbai in 2004 but the path eventually led him back to his home state where he found fame in Gujarati cinema and plays before being spotted for the role of the infamous stockbroker Harshad Mehta.
Abhishek Banerjee, who moved to Mumbai in 2008, got several blink-and-miss roles in movies
SOON after Abhishek Banerjee finished shooting for Paatal Lok in June 2019, he left for a month-long trip to Europe with his wife, Tina Noronha. The actor had found himself uncharacteristically angry, anxious and even possessive of his wife when he was shooting for the web-series as the serial killer, Hathoda Tyagi. Travelling was his way of leaving behind the intensity the character demanded.
Mumbai was under lockdown when Paatal Lok’s release was announced this April. “The announcement brought back memories of Hathoda Tyagi,” recalls Banerjee, whose portrayal of the negative character brought him wide recognition.