Up to date on: Aug 07, 2025 02:46 pm IST
Naveen Kasturia spoke to OTTplay about whether or not he needs to take up writing or route after finishing a decade as an actor. Right here’s what the actor has to say
Naveen Kasturia, quickly to be seen within the internet sequence Salakaar, has not too long ago accomplished over a decade (Pitchers launched in 2015) as an actor. Having began off his profession working as an assistant director for Mahesh Bhatt and Dibakar Banerjee, his old flame stays performing. Throughout his dialog with OTTplay, he recollects the identical. Whereas he has been seen as an actor in various initiatives, Naveen believes his journey has simply began, and thus, writing and route isn’t one thing that he might pursue already. Actually, the actor, who typically will get confused with one other writer-actor, clarified that he has not written any present. “Mera aisa iraada bhi nahi hai koi,” he shares.
Salakaar actor Naveen Kasturia on writing and route
‘In love with performing’
Naveen Kasturia nonetheless romanticizes performing and isn’t prepared to provide that up. “I wish to hold exploring roles. I fall in love with performing extra as I hold exploring newer characters,” he tells us, including, “I’ve simply touched the tip in performing. I’ve completed a couple of characters and wish to discover many extra.”
‘Work-life steadiness prone to be non-existent after turning a author’
Prod him additional if he thinks he would pursue the world that’s on the opposite aspect of the digital camera, and Naveen promptly factors out how he isn’t but prepared for that world. “Usme toh work-life steadiness aur hilega yaar. Appearing mein toh nonetheless (you get a breather), however if you happen to go into that world, 24×7, you can be caught up with work,” he explains.
‘Writing is a unending course of, good screenplay is Bible for actors’
“That is your child no. I keep in mind how again in school, after I would write performs, I’d give it some thought at school additionally. It was just like the professor is attempting to show us one thing, however my thoughts remains to be engaged on enhance the script to provide the play its finest. Writing is a unending course of. You retain considering enhance it and make it extra participating,” Naveen Kasturia shares.
He additional cautions, “Fundamental yeh nahi keh raha ki mera work-life steadiness kharab ho jaayega that is why I will not turn out to be a author. I usually point out how robust it’s to be a author, and I want to pursue performing at this level. I feel good writing is what results in good movies, as a result of a great screenplay is a Bible for everyone else who works on the movie.”
Salakaar is scheduled to launch on JioHotstar on August 8. The identical may be accessed through your OTTplay Premium subscription.
