Ishaan Khatter has been riding high on the success of his recent web series The Royals. He has been receiving quite some praise for his portrayal of a handsome young prince. Ever since his debut in 2018’s Dhadak alongside Janhvi Kapoor, he has proved his versatility through his limited yet varied roles. In fact, his debut itself was a challenging one, given that he played a character who was a middle-class Marwari college boy. 

Ishaan sat down with mid-day for a brief chat, where he discussed how he nailed the intricacies of the character. Here’s an excerpt from the interview.

Ishaan recalls being stopped from entering the Dhadak set

Recalling an incident from his first day on the sets of Dhadak, Ishaan shares, “I remember even on the first day I walked onto set in the character of this boy Madhukar Bagla. I was wearing this Rajasthani shirt with all this embroidery and slicked-back hair like a good boy and all that. And I`ve come practicing my Marwari and all. I`ve come on set and the security guard was like, ‘Look, no locals allowed’.”