The other face
SANGEETA BAROOAH PISHAROTY
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Vinay Jain has just replaced Anuj Saxena on SaharaOne's "Prratima". But that doesn't mean he has stepped into anyone's shoes, underlines the talented TV and theatre actor.
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There are actors and there are lucky actors. And if the need arises to place Vinay Jain in either of the categories, do list him in the first one. The reason being, in just one word, he can so surely be termed talented. He has his work profile to confirm it, both on stage and on screen.
Lucky he gets, but with some fluctuation. For instance, after being involved in the Mumbai theatre scene for quite a few years, he boarded the bandwagon of TV serials and then, Vinay thought quite logically the next stop was the tinsel town. He grabbed the opportunity when Satish Kaushik offered him a role in his film Badhai Ho Badhai.
"I was told I would play the second lead but the final product was something else," says Vinay. Even as the film sank without a trace, Vinay's luck too took a nosedive, taking along his high hopes about a Bollywood break.
But that was some time ago. Now, Vinay has a few film roles to count. "I am being very selective now. I will be seen in Anil Kapoor's forthcoming film Gandhi My Father. Also, I am playing the role of young Jinnah in Tilak, a British co-production. One will see a completely different side of Jinnah there. He, as a lawyer, defends Bal Gandadhar Tilak in a case," says Vinay.
Gandhi... is slated for release this September, he says.
In "Jassi... " too
But what is keeping him in the news these days is his tube role of bad boy Aryan in Sony TV's flagship serial, Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin. "I am freaking out there. It is a breakthrough serial. All the characters are so well-defined. Aryan's role is interesting. He is scheming and yet a human character," states the Mumbaikar.
Besides appearing in Star One's soap Remix, Vinay's latest role on television, though, is that of Amol Roy in SaharaOne's Monday to Thursday family drama Prratima. He has recently replaced actor Anuj Saxena in it.
"But I would not like to call it as stepping into someone's shoes. A new face has to come in because the script demands it," he explains. As per the script, Amol has an accident and after a plastic surgery to remove the scars, his face undergoes a major change, thus justifying Vinay's entry into the 9.30 p.m. daily.
But with two films and three serials in hand, Vinay says, he still finds time to act in plays. Something that he loves doing. "I time my TV work in such a manner that I get to do at least two plays a year," says the actor, who was seen in commendable stage productions like Feroz Khan's "The Legend of Ram", Satish Kaushik's "Salesman Ramlal", and Raell Padamsee's "Games People Play", etc.
Says Vinay, "At present, I am involved with Raell Padamsee's play `Two to Tango'. Tanaz Currim is my co-actor there. We have done many shows across many cities." And in June, he might be seen landing up in Delhi with this play. Well, time to take out the diary.
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