Exclusive: Mohit Malik on TV actors struggling in Bollywood, ‘Ab vo Shah Rukh Khan wala…’

Mohit Malik is renowned for his compelling performances in varied tv reveals. The actor embarked on his performing profession with the TV repeat Miilee as Aaoni on Essential person Plus. Later, he garnered recognition for his portrayal of ‘Samrat Singh Rathore’ within the TV serial Doli Armaano Ki. To boot to this, the actor also ventured into the OTT space and is at this time gearing for the liberate of the second season of Chamak, on Sony LIV. Moreover, Mohit also made his Bollywood debut this year in Abhishek Kapoor’s Azaad. This film stars Ajay Devgn, Diana Penty and marks the performing debuts of Raveena Tandon’s daughter Rasha Thadani and Ajay Devgn’s nephew Aaman Devgan.

Mohit Malik on how he grabbed his first film Azaad

Mohit, who's a most in model face within the tv industry, said that the makers of Azaad, along with director Abhishek Kapoor never knew who he used to be, till he sent his audition tape. He underwent three rounds of auditions in tell to snatch his first film. Whereas talking to india.com, Mohit shared, “These folks don’t know, I mean Gattu (Abhishek Kapoor) sir never saw my work. He saw my audition tape and that’s how he loved it and he wanted to satisfy me and then I met him and then he narrated it to me and then one more leer take a look at, one more audition. You already know I had to head down on three rounds of audition with him to sooner or later motivate the role.”

Mohit Malik on TV actors discovering it onerous to win work in films

Mohit said that its no longer easy for tv actors to win seen and earn work in Bollywood. Relating to Shah Rukh Khan’s case, he said that there used to be a time when TV actors were recognised without problems by superstars or filmmakers. But now, that doesn’t happen anymore.  He expressed, “Look, tv just is not any longer the same now, ki ab vo Shah Rukh Khan aake show mask pe kaam kar raha hai, and usko Hema Malini aake dekhlegi, vo time gaya ab, ab nahi hai vo time, ki apko TV pe aake koi dekhlega. Ab vo hai ki aap kitna apni behtari keliye as an actor, aap kitna aacha kaam karte ho vahi hai, aur ab jo log TV dekhte hai vo OTT dekhte hai, and that’s what modified my mindset that I must be doing this style of work on OTT that I am doing on tv, taki log mujhe dekhe, and mujhe usa kaam mile.” (Look, tv just is not any longer the same anymore. It’s no longer love Shah Rukh Khan will seem on-show mask, and Hema Malini will gaze him. That technology is long gone. No one is suitable looking at you on TV and offering work. All of it is far dependent on how mighty you enhance yourself as an actor and how successfully you create. This present day, the same viewers that used to earn TV is now looking at OTT. And that’s what modified my mindset- I realised that I must be doing the same sort of work on OTT that I am doing on TV, so that people gaze me and I win extra alternatives.”

Mohit Malik on his work getting ‘overlooked’

In 2016-2017, Mohit made up our minds to interchange and earn work on other mediums, when he realised that his work used to be no longer being seen on tv. He added, “That’s the choice I took in 2016-2017, that I are in search of to earn extra mediums, on fable of major vo kar raha tha, itni time se itni mehnat itna interior kaam TV pe bhi kar raha hun, telecast hota hai aur nikal jata hai, itni mehnat ki, of route, family dekhti hai, log dekhte hai, however the folks I are in search of to work with, they are no longer looking at it.” (I made this decision in 2016-17 to earn other mediums. I had been placing tons of effort, working extensively on my craft, however appropriate one episode aired and it’s long gone. Whatever the full onerous work, and even when my family and viewers watched it, the folks I in actual fact wanted to work with weren’t looking at.”

Within the period in-between, Mohit Malik will be subsequent viewed, reprising the role of ‘Guru Deol’ in Chamak: The Conclusion. The first season of Chamak garnered tons of fancy from the viewers and viewers are eagerly awaiting the second installment of the repeat. The song thriller series is all jam to liberate on Sony LIV, on April 4, that includes Paramvir Cheema, Isha Talwar within the lead roles along with Manoj Pahwa, Mohit Malik, Mukesh Chhabra, Dhanveer Singh, Prince Kanwaljit Singh, Suvinder Good friend, and Akasa Singh in necessary roles.