Darsheel Safary: ‘People get upset that I don’t ask Aamir for work’

Updated On: 22 June, 2025 07:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Priyanka Sharma

From Taare Zameen Par to Gamerlog, Darsheel Safary on auditions, anxieties, and choosing pride-free persistence

Darsheel Safary

Currently, Sitaare Zameen Par, the spiritual sequel to the 2007 film Taare Zameen Par (TZP), is running in theatres. In real life, Darsheel Safary, who led the latter as a child actor, is gearing up for the sequel to his own career. He describes it as his second innings, awaiting the release of his upcoming series, Gamerlog. “What I have done in the show is pretty raw. I would say this would be the first step in my second innings,” he smiles.

Since his return to the movies, Safary has starred in Kutch Express (2023) and Phule (2025), but it’s Gamerlog that feels the most personal to him. “It feels like a spy has pried on my life and written a story because I have been a gamer all my life. I have wasted too many hours in gaming parlours, gotten beaten up and scolded by my parents for it,” he laughs. Directed by debutante Aarya Deo, the MX Player series revolves around a group of young gamers.

Aamir Khan with young Darsheel Safary on the set of Taare Zameen Par