Sumukhi Suresh: 'Going to carry the memory of dancing with Dino Morea’

She is someone who cannot justify her existence by doing only one thing that is why she dabbles in several forms of art confesses actorcomedianwriter Sumukhi Suresh when we get on a call with her as she preps for her standup in Dubai The actor who was recently seen in Netflixrsquos The Royals plays assistant to Bhumi Pednekarrsquos character The role originally written for a male actor was transformed by Suresh who made it her own by adding her unique flavour In conversation with midday Suresh talks about the reaction to the show how it helped pull more audiences for her standup special Hoemonal and why she didnrsquot have the heart to ogle at Ishaan Khatterrsquos shirtless avatarExcerpts from the interviewWhat was your reaction when you got the script for The Royals And did you write your own dialoguesThe first time the role came to me it was a male part and the character was called Keertan I was excited to play the part It was cool if a boyrsquos role was becoming a girlrsquos mdash I didnrsquot mind that It was a smaller role but since they brought me on board they gave me the liberty to improvise a lot and it ended up being a longer schedule It became quite fun eventually and I had a blast doing it Imagine how good the writers are to allow an actor mdash to trust them mdash to improvise for a fiction show That is quite a featDino Morea in The Royals PicsInstagramWhat kind of reactions are you gettingThe show is getting a lot of eyeballs In fact I was in the immigration line to go to Dubai for my show Hoemonal and someone asked me if I was Keertana from The Royals I said yes and told her to come to my show I see it this way if it gets more people to my shows then thatrsquos amazing for meWho did you ogle at more in the show mdash Ishaan Khatter or Dino MoreaYou may have seen the final product but we all saw Ishaan work hard to do what he did We all felt ldquoHaaye bechara kitna kaam kar raha hairdquo But I did ogle at Milind Soman and Dino Morea I also got to dance with Dino Irsquom going to carry that memory with me to the next three shows Irsquoll do a bit on it After Dubai Irsquom performing in Ahmedabad and my last Hoemonal show is in MumbaiIs acting just a hobby or do you wish to act more in content yoursquove writtenI love acting I did Pushpavalli because I wanted to act so I thought Irsquod write it I would have acted in Pushpavalli even if someone else had written it Naveen Richard and Sumaira Shaikh were also the writers so it was perfect If other people are casting me mdash thatrsquos the dream mdash then I can just act and enjoy myselfWhat is tougher mdash acting comedy writing What frees your spiritActing really frees my spirit I enjoy being in front of the camera therersquos a certain amount of freedom to it Itrsquos exciting to play someone else Writing for me is more of a discipline mdash itrsquos something Irsquom learning and hopefully I get better at it Writing is the legacy I want to leave behind Stage is what fuels me mdash itrsquos where we fail more than we succeed We bomb a lot and get a lot of silences and that really humbles youAfter your popularity soared have you ever bombed on stageYes of course The audience doesnrsquot care how popular you are If yoursquore not good enough they wonrsquot laugh When it bombs itrsquos really beautiful It reminds you why yoursquore doing this in the first placeHow difficult is it to become a writer in this industryThe learning itself is a different journey But just the opportunity payment terms and contracts mdash theyrsquore not the most beneficial for us The money might be good but the cash flow is tough If you want to become a writer you have to do other things that can pay your bills Irsquom fortunate to do standup or act or post my work on Instagram which helps me write without the pressure of making money from itHave you ever felt that yoursquore not good enoughI feel that every day As Irsquom talking to you Irsquom having a fullon crisis in my head wondering if Irsquom a good actor Itrsquos both a good and a bad thing The anxiety of overperforming stays in my head I like to do something new on a daily basisAll that makes Sumukhi talented2024 CTRL Writer2022 Dongri Danger Director2022 Hum Do Teen Chaar Actor2021 Comedy Premier League Writer and performer2020 Pushpavalli Creator actor writer2018 Comicstaan Host and JudgeatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params