'I am not able to get out of the struggle': The Trial 2 actor Karanvir Sharma

Therersquos a lot an actor has to train in before appearing on the screen For Karanvir Sharma besides learning how to write stories and assist directors the bigger challenge was to overcome his speech impediment He had a lisp After working with speech therapists and dialogue coaches today he is often told to lend his voice as a voiceover artiste It was the first thing that hooked us to this conversation with the actor In a chat with midday Sharma talks about The Trial season two why adaptations have become an easy fix and why he feels he is yet to get his dueExcerpts from the interviewDid you see The Good Wife before you signed up for The TrialI had seen The Good Wife when it was released earlier It had been quite a gap My directors Umesh Bist and Suparn Varma specifically told me not to watch it it was the first brief he gave me He said he didnrsquot want me to get limited with what the character was doing there However I still caught a few glimpses of itDid you compare yourself to Michael Ealyrsquos character Derrick BondAbsolutely because of the memory I had of the character It is very similar Whoever has seen The Good Wife will see the exact arc but it is more consolidated The international show had about 23 episodes but in the Indian version we have only taken the highlights and made six episodes from itDonrsquot you think six episodes is enough to explore your characterI may lose out on fleshing out the character but crisp storytelling is the trend People have started exploring content vertically because maybe the attention span is less these days I think six episodes of 45 minutes each is good enough to tell a story However I also felt some more of my scenes could be addedIs it a good or bad thing for people to compare the two showsIt could be both Some time back I did a show called 24 mdash one of the initial shows to be adapted from an international series I feel nakal ke liye akal lagti hai Somewhere they hit the right chord for the first season so the second season of it would be highly anticipated because when the season two of The Good Wife came out it was the highlight of the series too I feel Umesh Bist will fill up the gap His last series Gyaarah Gyaarah 2024 was a Korean adaptation and he did a good job with it The rest is up to the audienceWhy is the industry veering so much into adaptations Are we running out of original ideasAdaptations have been going on for ages itrsquos just that we are noticing it now because itrsquos at the forefront Even Hindi TV shows are adapting from regional shows I was part of Shaurya Aur Anokhi Ki Kahaani which was the adaptation of the Bengali show Mohor It doesnrsquot mean every adaptation is going to be successful I loved Mohit Surirsquos Saiyaara but that is also an adaptation of the Korean movie A Moment to Remember Itrsquos in the hands of the director to make it connect with the Indian audience Itrsquos not that we are running out of ideas Itrsquos so difficult for original scripts to get a pass these days You have to be a salesman more than a creative in this industry now I wish we had more originals because we have a rich cultureHow do you see yourself as an actorI always criticise myself I feel if you get too comfortable with yourself it will be your downfall I feel that sentiment is unanimous among actors I had done a scene which was mediocre in The Trial It is a regret I broke down and cried in front of the director My mother was hospitalised and my uncle had undergone a surgery I had too many things going on As an actor you have to keep your personal emotions on the side but it is not always possible The next day it was the climax scene of my character with the whole cast It had a lot of give and take and you cannot miss the beat expressions and movements So I had to switch off I couldnrsquot repeat the mistake I was nervous about it but it happened and my director loved itDo you think yoursquove got your due in the industryNot at all This was one of the reasons why I picked up The Trial It was to show people that I can be part of all the mediums and I am a good actor I will be very disappointed if people donrsquot appreciate what I have done This is like a big comeback for me For so many years despite getting critical acclaim I am not able to get out of the struggle Itrsquos been a decade or so since I have been acting but Irsquove never got a bad review It has to account for somethingSixNumber of episodes in lsquoThe Trial 2rsquoDid you knowKaranvir Sharma approached Rajkumar Santoshi to assist in direction but was instead cast as an actor However the film never took flight