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Pratik Gandhi: The audience is no longer chasing stars
Updated On: 18 January, 2021 08:19 AM IST | Mumbai | Uma Ramasubramanian
Nominated for Best Actor (Series) for Scam 1992 in the mid-day and Radio City Hitlist OTT Awards, Pratik Gandhi says web recognises merit over last names.
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Every once in a while, a talent emerges out of the oblivion, ready to hustle his way to the top and claim his share of the spotlight in an industry that is criticised for being nepotistic. The find of 2020 was Pratik Gandhi - a talent too rare to be ignored, a performance too powerful to be forgotten soon. His act in Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story has earned him fame, acting offers from Bollywood, and more recently, a nomination in the Best Actor (Series) category at the mid-day and Radio City Hitlist OTT Awards. “While shooting for the series, I was sure that we were on to something big. But, I had never thought it would take the country by storm,” he says.
The engineer-turned-actor had been dabbling in theatre since 2005 before graduating to Gujarati cinema. With a mainstream Hindi offering in the Hansal Mehta-directed series, he found himself commanding the attention of a pan-India audience. “The web has created a new [avenue] for actors like us. Now, the audience is looking for actors who can create different characters; they are no longer chasing stars. If you see the nominees in the best actor category across different award galas, you will notice that there are no [famous] last names.”
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