Priyanshu Chatterjee brings his A-game to Zee5’s upcoming fantasy drama Fireflies-Parth aur Jugnu. This time the good-looking hunk takes on the function of a 14-year-old child Parth’s father, Dr Arjun Negi because the story explores a journey stuffed with journey, self-discovery, and bedtime tales set in opposition to the background of the mystic forest of Bheem Mukteshwar. In a chat with Hindustan Instances, Priyanshu Chatterjee talks about having no qualms about his function regardless of his heartthrob picture. The actor grew to become a family title after his debut in Anubhav Sinha’s Tum Bin.
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In Fireflies-Parth aur Jugnu, Priyanshu shall be seen as a baby actor Meet Mukhi’s father, Dr Negi who’s an oncologist by career working in a most cancers analysis lab in Himachal Pradesh. He’s a loving father, and husband, and fairly stoic in his behaviour, within the actor’s phrases.
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Within the collection, Parth fails in ninth grade. How does his onscreen father see it? And the way do you see it personally?
Priyanshu Chatterjee: As a father, he expects his son to be as devoted as he was. He’s a physician so he will need to have been fairly good at his research. He desires the identical requirements from his son, which for some cause aren’t being met.
In right this moment’s world, it’s totally appropriate to query such parenting–do we wish our youngsters to develop into money-churning machines or do we wish them to be glad, sincere people? I discovered it very fascinating as a result of I haven’t got children. I’m not even a dad. The parenting side is one thing I’ve at all times thought very deeply about.
Within the collection, there’s a pandemic the place Physician Negi works. There comes some extent the place he has to select–whether or not he ought to get out of his home to assist individuals or stick at residence. Once I learn the script and I discovered it fascinating as a result of it was one thing in my thought in the course of the Covid outbreak. We had been sitting at residence, however these frontline employees risked every little thing.
How was your childhood? Was your father as strict as Dr Negi?
Priyanshu Chatterjee: He was tremendous strict, virtually like military-grade strict. Lecturers had been by no means an issue as a result of I used to be good at my research. It was extra like waking up at 5 am within the morning, doing yoga, do not waste electrical energy or water, pray every single day. Being round him I picked up these issues. A few of the issues right this moment, in hindsight, it is sensible to me. Parenting is a tricky, very thankless kind of job.
Folks see you as a heartthrob even right this moment. Did you are feeling like not taking over a job of a father now?
Priyanshu Chatterjee: No, under no circumstances. It was not even a query in my head. As an actor, I’ve not explored (parenting). Within the present, I get to do that with two children, not only one. Fortunately it was a superb time spent with Meet and Sid. It was a home on fireplace. We laughed and performed a lot. Even right this moment once we met for the promotion, we met after ten months but it surely didn’t really feel like that. Though it isn’t the identical chemistry within the internet collection, it helped them to unlock. Issues like ‘Oh he’s a senior actor how do I work with him’ nonsense went out of the window on the primary day.
However, heroes from the 2000s are nonetheless enjoying heroes…
Priyanshu Chatterjee: Folks do it. I can’t. If any individual offers me these roles, perhaps I should do it. however, I can’t image myself there.
Talking about you being versatile, your portrayal of Satyajit Ray in Achena Uttam was very convincing. How was the expertise?
Priyanshu Chatterjee: It was an enormous problem. I believe we might perform a little little bit of justice to it. It was an honour. I hope sometime any individual makes a lengthier movie as a result of the film was about Uttam Kumar. I had like 4 to 5 scenes. Sometime perhaps I’ll get to discover extra.
From Tum Bin to now Fireflies, what do you assume you could have earned essentially the most? Success or respect?
Priyanshu Chatterjee: I believe each, respect and success. I’m very lucky to have all of the roles and the work. I take into account myself very fortunate for all of the alternatives.
You might be simply being humble about all of it. Even your Instagram account has no blue tick verification. Why so?
Priyanshu Chatterjee: I don’t care about it actually. I don’t know methods to do it or what to do. I do not share something till I really feel prefer it. I do not really feel pressured by it or I’m a lesser individual if i haven’t got that (verification). It by no means mattered to me.
Is it the identical in terms of selecting your venture now?
Priyanshu Chatterjee: It’s the identical truly. I simply take a look at it as a job. Possibly my thoughts is simply too small and I take a look at issues in a really simplistic manner. Beshi buddhi nei (I don’t put an excessive amount of thought into it) principally.
Not too long ago Priyanka Chopra talked about being pushed to a nook in Bollywood and never getting a good quantity of alternatives. Lots of celebrities got here out in help and even in opposition to it. How do you see it?
Priyanshu Chatterjee: I see it as you get what you deserve in life. It’s quite simple once more for me. Boss jitna milna hai utna hello milega (you get what’s written in your destiny), it’s all good. Life could be very sort, it gave me alternatives and nonetheless offers me. It’s only for me to remain in the best manner and strategy it enthusiastically. It additionally weighs me down if I begin it like ‘are yeh nahi mila, woh nahi mila (I didn’t get this or that)’. I do not wish to do it as a result of I need my power to be good. I’ve to see the glass full, not half. I see it that manner solely. Ab kya? Celeb bana toh diya hai bhagwan ne. Ro kyu rahe ho? (What extra would you like? God has made you a celeb already)
Apart from Fireflies-Parth aur Jugnu, Priyanshu shall be seen in Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s forthcoming twelfth Fail and Rabindra Kabya Rahasya.
