MUMBAI: The announcement of Dostana 2 first surfaced in 2019. In addition to the anticipation of seeing Janhvi Kapoor and Kartik Aaryan together for the first time, many found Lakshya, a television actor, to be an intriguing choice. However, Dharma Productions stated in their official statement that a recasting would take place and that the movie had fell owing to "professional circumstances." Even that romantic comedy, Bedhadak (2022), which starred Shanaya Kapoor and Lakshya, was postponed.
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Following two consecutive misadventures, Lakshya made his big screen debut in Karan Johar and Guneet Monga's Kill, which is now showing in theatres and is hailed as Indian cinema's most violent film. Despite receiving praise from critics for his role, Lakshya admits in an interview with the popular news portal that the previous few years were "turbulent" for him.
Opening up on how he was affected with Dostana 2 and Bedhadak being shelved, he tells us, “My first film didn’t work out for me. The second film also didn’t happen for me. Samajh nahi aa raha tha ki Bedhadak hogi ya nahi hogi. Somewhere, I was losing that confidence as an actor and human being. My morale was shaking and going down. It wasn’t like I had given up but I was constantly asking myself, what’s next?”
Talking about how that period also led to ‘a kind of desperation building’ within him, he says, “I wouldn’t say that I was feeling under-confident because that’s a very strong word but it really affected me deep down. I needed a film desperately. I needed work. I kept hearing that I’ll be making my film debut but it was just not happening. I didn’t know if things would pan out.”
“I was sweating. You feel the pressure of being on a Dharma set. I remember having a long walking shot where I didn’t have to say any dialogue. And it’s not like I was excited. I was only nervous. I did 600 episodes on television and I knew how to face the camera or walk. Everybody knows how to walk! But I remember trying to figure it out because I had to acquire a certain kind of gait for the character. I was scared that I would trip,” Lakshya recalls.
However, it also turned out to be a kind of enlightenment for him. “At the same time, I realised what a different high it was to be on a Dharma set. What can be bigger than that for an actor? Dostana 2 had a big scale and production value. It was the kind of set you only see on television or the big screen. It took me seven years to make it to Dharma. I learnt that you’ve to keep working hard, be patient, resilient and grounded. Yeh sab sirf bolne ki baatein nahi hoti hai. I took back the value of being hopeful,” shares Lakshya.
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