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Jasmine Singh

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He knows the art of ‘snapping’, and that too just when it is required and just for the right reason. Television actor Dhruv Bhandari would rather call it a ‘cut’ instead of going on with a scene where he feels stuck. In Chandigarh with his co-star Hiba Nawab to promote their show Tere Shehar Main on Star Plus, the actor has a balanced head and an equally balanced heart (as of now!).

Dhruv has been travelling throughout the country with the theatrical show, The Taj Express. “Theatre is an all-together different experience. The kind of reaction and instant gratification that one gets, makes every moment come alive,” shares the actor, who understands the monotony of TV but nevertheless carries the same gratification in this medium as well. “Doing the same thing on TV can become monotonous and boring. The pleasure that I get after doing theatre is of course not possible to ask for on TV, all the same TV has its own share of fun and like my moments in it as well.”

So how does this young actor get over the monotony? “I have a great way of dealing with it. Either, I read a book or I completely snap. That way I get time to get into my own world, go through the whole process, get into the character and feel every bit of it. If my character is feeling sad, it should show genuinely.”

The actor, who has the experience and support of his father, Mohan Bhandari, a well-known TV and film actor, Dhruv likes to fall back on his parents when it comes to his work. “We sit together, my father, my mother and then we discuss the role,” he shares.

Talking about the role, what is of utmost importance for the actor, he says, “I have to go through the script before I take on any project. And if I am playing a protagonist, I know that I am going to shoulder the responsibility, which I will deliver whole heartedly.”

So, the length of the role is not any consideration. “I am more into what is that my role is all about, I don’t think about what my co-actors are getting. As an actor, the idea is to bring about something new in whatever role I take up.” And different he knows how to be!

Woman of the moment

Even though she doesn’t know what she would want to do in the coming years, she likes to live the moment. The moment is called Amaya, her character in Tere Shehar Main. “I have been living in the character so much that I don’t know who I am anymore,” says the actress from Bareilly who did theatre when she was as young as two. “My father supported me to go ahead with acting, if I wanted to so here am I.”

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