‘People do not know I’ve turned 27. They suppose I’m nonetheless 9.’
IMAGE: Darsheel Safary and Aamir Khan in Taare Zameen Par and a gentle drink advert. Photograph: Kind courtesy Darsheel Safary/Instagram
Darsheel Safary, who began his profession as a toddler in Taare Zameen Par, reunited along with his mentor Aamir Khan for an advert lately.
“I was very excited to reconnect with Aamir sir and couldn’t believe it until it actually happened,” Darsheel tells Subhash Okay Jha.
“The first time I met Aamir sir, I hid my tears. In reality, everyone in his group. They’ve seen me once I was so younger. I used to be greeted with such heat and familiarity that it felt like a homecoming of kinds. We revisited recollections.
“I felt so safe with him as I felt he absolutely knew the skin of me as an actor and could extract the best out of me. So I just relaxed and enjoyed the moment.”
Photograph: Kind courtesy Darsheel Safary/Instagram
Darsheel has accomplished three movies as an actor.
“Two are in post-production: The first is a homicide thriller referred to as Tibba with Adah Sharma and Sonali Kulkarni ma’am. It’s a contemporary darkish house for me to discover. The second is the biopic Phule, with Pratik Gandhi sir and Patralekha ma’am. I play their son in it.
“Recently, I finished another film shoot in Agra, which everybody will know about soon and hopefully be pleasantly surprised. I’ve completed two Web series also. Most of this is slated for release this year.”
Darsheel admits that Taare Zameen Par was a tough act to comply with.
“I’m so pleased that my first movie has type of given me this studying in regards to the gold normal of storytelling. I used to be too fortunate to be part of it.
“My goal is to be associated with stories that connect with the audience, and that can match my first film in some way. People don’t know I’ve turned 27. They think I’m still nine.”
IMAGE: Aamir Khan and Darsheel in Taare Zameen Par.
“I took a break from acting after I got into college. I discovered theatre through extra-curricular activities,” he says.
“For the first time, I saw an audience react live to me. That was the moment that made me understand the power of an actor. He or she can connect with an audience, can generate an emotion within them. That realisation blew me away.”
The years since Taare Zameen Par have gone into rigorous coaching. “I pursued theatre for eight years after that, and did exhibits all throughout India. I perfected my understanding of feelings and expressing them. I understood learn how to make a personality your personal and learn how to make it actual and skilled what our audiences need. They need relatability.
“I feel evolving is an eternal process for an actor, and it indirectly helps the person evolve also. The best way is to never stop absorbing and adding to your arsenal. Around 2021, I decided to get back into films and thankfully, have been doing films, Web series, and theatre simultaneously.”
