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 position of a 14-year-old child Parth’s father, Dr Arjun Negi because the story explores a journey filled 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 Times, Priyanshu Chatterjee talks about having no qualms about his position regardless of his heartthrob picture. The actor turned a family identify after his debut in Anubhav Sinha’s Tum Bin.
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In Fireflies-Parth aur Jugnu, Priyanshu shall be seen as a toddler actor Meet Mukhi’s father, Dr Negi who’s an oncologist by career working in a most cancers analysis lab in Himachal Pradesh. He is a loving father, and husband, and fairly stoic in his behaviour, within the actor’s phrases.
In the collection, Parth fails in ninth grade. How does his onscreen father see it? And how do you see it personally?
Priyanshu Chatterjee: As a father, he expects his son to be as devoted as he was. He is a health care provider so he will need to have been moderately good at his research. He desires the identical requirements from his son, which for some cause usually are not being met.
In as we speak’s world, it’s totally appropriate to query such parenting–do we wish our youngsters to turn into money-churning machines or do we wish them to be glad, trustworthy people? I discovered it very fascinating as a result of I haven’t got children. I’m not even a dad. The parenting facet is one thing I’ve at all times thought very deeply about.
In the collection, there’s a pandemic the place Doctor 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 house. When I learn the script and I discovered it fascinating as a result of it was one thing in my thought through the Covid outbreak. We had been sitting at house, however these frontline employees risked all the pieces.
How was your childhood? Was your father as strict as Dr Negi?
Priyanshu Chatterjee: He was tremendous strict, nearly like military-grade strict. Academics 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 each day. Being round him I picked up these issues. Some of the issues as we speak, in hindsight, it is sensible to me. Parenting is a troublesome, very thankless form of job.
People see you as a heartthrob even as we speak. Did you are feeling like not taking over a task of a father now?
Priyanshu Chatterjee: No, by no means. It was not even a query in my head. As an actor, I’ve not explored (parenting). In the present, I get to do that with two children, not only one. Luckily it was an excellent time spent with Meet and Sid. It was a home on fireplace. We laughed and performed a lot. Even as we speak after we met for the promotion, we met after ten months but it surely didn’t really feel like that. Although it isn’t the identical chemistry within the net collection, it helped them to unencumber. Things like ‘Oh he’s a senior actor how do I work with him’ nonsense went out of the window on the primary day.
But, you recognize heroes from the 2000s are nonetheless taking part in heroes…
Priyanshu Chatterjee: People do it. I can’t. If anyone provides me these roles, possibly I must do it. however, I can’t image myself there.
Speaking 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 feel we might perform a little little bit of justice to it. It was an honour. I hope sometime anyone makes a lengthier movie as a result of the film was about Uttam Kumar. I had like 4 to 5 scenes. Someday possibly I’ll get to discover extra.
From Tum Bin to now Fireflies, what do you assume you could have earned probably the most? Success or respect?
Priyanshu Chatterjee: I feel 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 are 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 on the subject of choosing your challenge now?
Priyanshu Chatterjee: It’s the identical truly. I simply have a look at it as a job. Maybe my thoughts is simply too small and I have a look at issues in a really simplistic means. Beshi buddhi nei (I don’t put an excessive amount of thought into it) mainly.
Recently Priyanka Chopra talked about being pushed to a nook in Bollywood and never getting a good quantity of alternatives. A variety 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 may be very variety, it gave me alternatives and nonetheless provides me. It’s only for me to remain in the appropriate means and strategy it enthusiastically. It additionally weighs me down if I begin taking a look at 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 would like my power to be good. I’ve to see the glass full, not half. I see it that means solely. Ab kya? Celebrity bana toh diya hai bhagwan ne. Ro kyu rahe ho? (What extra would you like? God has made you a star already)
Besides Fireflies-Parth aur Jugnu, Priyanshu shall be seen in Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s forthcoming twelfth Fail and Rabindra Kabya Rahasya.