Life after Armaan
SANGEETA BAROOAH PISHAROTY
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Actor Apoorva Agnihotri talks about his new tele-role, an angry young man, Dev in Sony TV's latest daily, "Kaajjal".
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I play a hard to get, angry young man with a dark past in the serial.
APING THE ANGRY YOUNG MAN? Apoorva Agnihotri
His entry into Bollywood was with the role of a rich young man in a hurry, who finally turns a villain in order to get what he thinks he deserves. The film "Pardes" did bring in profits to producer/director Subhash Ghai but besides one or two insignificant offers, actor Apoorva Agnihotri just couldn't take his career forward in the ever-competitive Hindi filmdom. One almost forgot about him till he emerged on the small screen as Armaan Sir, in Sony TV's much-hyped "Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin".
"The character of Armaan was no doubt my most significant role so far," acknowledges Apoorva. In New Delhi to talk about his latest small screen role, that of Dev Pratap Singh in "Kaajjal - Sabbki Aankhon Mein Basi", which started this past Saturday on Sony TV, Apoorva laughs aloud when reminded of getting a good break in Bollywood, which, however, couldn't take him far.
No regrets
"I got the Mukta Arts banner as my launch pad which not many get surely. Though I did a couple of films opposite Mahima Chaudhary, who also was launched with `Pardes', I never featured in any other Subhash Ghai film simply because he didn't take me," he says.
Though for now, Apoorva is a happy man, with no regrets about joining Bollywood in spite of a ready example, his now deceased father, Gyandeep Agnihotri. His father left his family in Kanpur at the call of actor Manoj Kumar to do a film based on one of his plays, but the project never took off. "He had to struggle in Mumbai but those days, everybody did. Actors do struggle in Mumbai even now though the level could be different," feels Apoorva. Anyway, he got his share of fame from "Jassi... " and is hopeful of sustaining it through Dev in this 8 p.m. daily.
"I play a hard to get, angry young man with a dark past in the serial. I am always trying to outdo this girl, Kaajjal Shah, but love will soon bloom," he hints.
Having trained at Kishore Namit Kapoor's acting school in Mumbai, Apoorva however wants to see himself finally as a director. "Most actors today are directors' actors, so a director obviously is one of the most important parts of Bollywood now. I finally want to be one," he lets out his wish, and crosses his fingers.
But for now, no other roles for Apoorva. Just that of Dev, which he says takes up 13 hours of his day. "The rest of the time is for me and my family," he adds.
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