Scam 2003 actor Gagan Dev Riar who essayed the role of Abdul Karim Telgi recalls doing odd jobs for survival.
Gagan Dev Riar is currently enjoying the success of his latest series Scam 2003. The actor impressed everyone with his performance as Abdul Karim Telgi in Hansal Mehta’s series. Recently, the actor opened up on his struggle days and recalled doing odd jobs for his survival.
In a recent conversation with Times Now, Gagan Dev Riar recalled his journey from being a theatre artist to leading Hansal Mehta’s Scam 2003 and said, “I think the difficult part was early 2000 when I did not have enough money to do theatre and I started doing odd jobs to support my family. I started writing for Balaji Telefilms, I started writing songs for serials, I had to work in
McDonald’s sometimes, I had to go to marketing sometimes, just to be able to survive, but I never ceased to do theatre.”
He added, “Whenever I used to get a show, the feeling at the end of the show hearing those claps, and feeling like I had done a good job as an actor, kept me motivated to come back to the theatre and never stop doing what I love, and that is acting. I am glad I did not give up, and thankful to God that I am getting love for it.”
He also talked about working with Hansal Mehta in Scam 2003 as lead and said, “I hope things work out for me, I mean not every day you get a chance to be a part of a biopic and play a character that is a real-life person. I got a call after he watched my previous work in Sonchiriya, etc., and I think when he got the script, he wanted me to be a part of it. He asked Mukesh Chhabra to ask me to give the audition and when I was leaving, it happened so quickly that I was coming out and he was entering his office and he pulled his car aside and gave me a thumbs up, meaning I had gotten it. Within half an hour, I got a call from Hansal sir and he told me that you had gotten it, and I was on the road, I took my time to digest this information. It was very surreal, and the nervousness was only when I was going to meet Hansal sir for the first time, but he is a sweetheart.”
Scam 2003 is a web series helmed by Hansal Mehta starring Gagan Dev in the lead role, he plays Abdul Karim Telgi who was responsible for the Rs 30,000 crore stamp paper scam. The actor’s performance has been garnering praise from the audience.
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