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Producer director Vidhu Vinod Chopra's film 12th Fail has brought Vikrant Massey to a position in the industry where it is a dream of every actor to reach. But leaving the small screen and creating a distinct identity for himself in films has not been so easy for Vikrant Massey.
He was rejected in the audition of his first film Lootera. At the time when Vikrant Massey was looking for better opportunities for himself in films, small screen actors were not taken seriously in films. Vikrant Massey has been a big name on TV, when he thought of making a career in films, he used to get Rs 35 lakh per month in serials, but to make a career in films, he rejected TV's offer of Rs 35 lakh. .
Vikrant started his career from the TV industry.
first audition of life
Vikrant Massey got his first opportunity in films in director Vikramaditya Motwane's film Lootera. Recently, during an interview, Vikrant Massey said, 'At the same time, one of my TV shows Baba Aisa Var Dhundho had just ended. I was thinking whether to take up a new show or do this film. Then casting director Atul Mongia called me for the audition of Lootera.
Vikrant Massey has recently become a father.
That was the first audition of my life, but I was rejected. But the actor who was going to play this character refused two weeks before the shooting. Then I got a call and I did this film. It was just a game of luck. I consider myself very fortunate that I got the opportunity to work continuously with good directors in films.
Vikrant also struggled with financial conditions to enter films.
Film actors humiliate TV actors a lot.
Vikrant Massey decided to leave TV for films at a time when he was getting Rs 35 lakh a month on television. Vikrant Massey says, 'When I started working in films, everyone was talking in fluent English and at that time I was very limited in English. Film actors despise TV actors a lot. I am not saying that this happened to me there, but it usually happens.
Vikrant Massey with wife Sheetal Thakur.
It was a challenge for me to prove myself.
Vikrant Massey says, 'Film makers do not take actors working on TV seriously. Film people think that TV actors keep roaming around with a body, that's it. It was a challenge for me to prove myself. My only thinking is that whatever film work I am getting, I have to do it well with complete honesty.
I consider myself very fortunate that I got the opportunity to work with good directors, be it Vikramaditya Motwane, Zoya Akhtar, Meghna Gulzar, Konkona Sen Sharma or Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
