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In this exclusive interview, The Hunt actor Sahil Vaid opens up about his transformative role as a CBI SP in the gripping investigation web series based on the assassination of former PM Rajiv Gandhi. Known for playing the hero’s best friend, Sahil shares how this powerful role breaks the stereotypes he’s often cast in and marks a bold new chapter in his career. Sahil also talks about his aspirations to work in Tamil cinema, the challenges of portraying a real-life inspired character, and his journey from supporting roles to leading the investigation on screen. Don’t miss this candid conversation.   #SahilVaid #TheHunt #RajivGandhiAssassination  #TamilCinema #CBI #WebSeries #ExclusiveInterview #BollywoodNews #Sonyliv #Entertainment  🔊 LIKE ➡ SHARE ➡ SUBSCRIBE  For More Updates:  English: https://newsable.asianetnews.com/  Hindi: https://hindi.asianetnews.com/  Malayalam: https://www.asianetnews.com/  Kannada: https://kannada.asianetnews.com/  Tamil: https://tamil.asianetnews.com/  Telugu: https://telugu.asianetnews.com/  Bengali: https://bangla.asianetnews.com/  Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsianetNewsa...  Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/AsianetNewsEN  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ann.newsable/  ➡ If you like our video, give us a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel to get the daily dosage of news, entertainment, sports and more.

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00:00I have with me ever-versatile and refreshingly candid Sahil Ved. He has entertained us with

00:18his performances in films like Hamti Sharma ki Dulhaniya, Badrinath ki Dulhaniya, Dil Bichare,

00:22Silence and a lot more. But apart from acting, he is also a very talented voice artist and

00:28someone who loves theatre. And now he is part of a much-awaited web series called The Hunt.

00:35This movie is based on the investigation that followed the assassination of former Prime

00:40Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi. This is releasing on 4th of July on Sony Libs. So Sahil, first

00:46up, welcome to the show. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much, Heena. Thanks a lot.

00:51I'm really excited to catch up with you about this new role that you're playing. You're

00:55playing the role of Amit Verma. So, you know, this movie, The Hunt, what was that particular

01:00thing which, you know, drew you to this project? Because this is something really different from

01:05what you have done in the past. That's, you've answered your question. This is the kind of

01:10role that I've, I had never kind of, I would say, trusted with. Nobody had the heart to kind

01:20of cast an actor who's been playing comedy parts all his life to be trusted with a role

01:28which required a different level of maturity, a different level of understanding, a different

01:34level of, I would say, finesse as an actor. That's one beautiful thing about this part that

01:43kind of drew me towards playing it. Although while screen testing for this, I had no idea

01:49what they're screen testing me for. And I would credit my casting director, Kratar

01:56Sethi from Casting Bay, who kept everything under wraps and yet kind of briefed me in a way

02:04and pulled a performance out for me in the screen test, which kind of convinced my director,

02:10Mr. Nagesh Kukmanur, that he believed that I could pull off S.P. Amit Verma. And that

02:19too, with flying colors, I would say, because he was, towards the end of the show, he was

02:27really happy with, with casting me, with the conversations that we had. That's what I understood.

02:34He was really thankful and he was really happy. And so was I. I was so glad. I was so thankful

02:41that things fell in place and the serendipity kind of waved towards my casting in this show.

02:48I couldn't be, I couldn't thank my stars enough. You know, Sahil, how did you prepare for this role?

02:53Because this particular web series is based on a book called 90 days. So did you read the book

02:57first and then, you know, got your mind around how do you want to play the character?

03:01No. I started reading the book because what we were shooting was so interesting. I wanted to kind

03:06of get into it more. We started preparing in a very different way. Little, little nuggets of

03:17information kept coming from Mr. Nagesh Kukunur. He would, you know, every day, every morning of the

03:24shoot, over a cup of chai, over breakfast, over lunch. The only thing we would talk about was this

03:33show. And it was so much to talk about. There was so many, there were so many details. There were so

03:41many little, little characters and so many coincidences. It was very interesting to know

03:48from him. But, you know, every time we watch an interesting show, we're like, wait a second,

03:55what happens next? What are, that curiosity of wanting to know what happens next made me want to

04:03read the book? And my God, it was a, it was, it was better than any detective novel that I've read,

04:18which is completely fiction. Whereas every time, every time you, you, you read through 90 days,

04:26you feel like, wait a second, but this is all real. This, this actually happened. And that

04:34kicks you and makes you think, wow, this is all real. That this, this actually happened. And,

04:45and you keep thinking, but why, but how is it even possible that events like this could happen in

04:53real life? And then going into the set, living that, it's a completely different experience.

05:02Can't explain.

05:05So Sahil, you gave us a little bit of an anecdote about Nagesh Kukunur, how he would, you know,

05:10every day tell you stories in bits and pieces. Also talk to us a little bit about how it was like

05:18working with your other co-stars, Amit Sial, Bhagwati Perumal, and others in the shoot. How was the

05:24atmosphere like?

05:25Okay. Amit Sial and I have been friends from the theater. We did a play called Arms and the Man

05:34for Motley, which was directed by Mr. Nasiruddin Shah. He played Blunshili and I played

05:41the family Butler. And we've, we've traveled with that show quite a while. And we know each other

05:50from there. He's always been this senior for me. He's always been this elder actor, ever guiding,

05:59ever, what do you call it? He's always been, he's pulled my leg. He's taught me. He's inspired me.

06:07Everything that a senior generally does on this set as well. He plays my senior officer. He plays

06:17the inspector general of police. And he kept guiding me through, through the show. And he

06:28would sometimes come to me and he'd be like, and I really enjoyed that interaction that I had

06:36with him. And towards the end of the show, he, he was, he's a kind man. He, he, he put his hand on my

06:44shoulder and he said, good job. I'm like, thank you, sir. Because coming from a senior, it, it really

06:51matters, you know, someone who you've done theater with, and now you're shooting with, and he's,

06:57he's an established actor in the OTT space. And he's, he's really good at what he does.

07:02It was a lot of fun shooting. Yeah, it was, do you think that the final output is also somehow

07:07influenced and enhanced when you have this, you know, camaraderie with your fellow actors?

07:13Absolutely. Because all of them are very good actors. Bhagwati Perumal, I was about to tell you

07:18about him. I've watched him as an actor in a lot of amazing films. He's been an assistant director

07:26with one of my favorite directors, Mr. Gautam Menon. And someone who's come from that level of

07:33understanding of cinema, that level of, you know, he's worked his way up. And he's a, he's a, he's a

07:43man of few words. But when he does speak, he makes complete sense of what he says. He's not like me.

07:52I'm always speaking. I have a lot to say. I'm always yapping around. And then I have to go

07:57on to this set where there are meticulously trained actors who are very serious about their work.

08:03And, and then there's this guy who's come from the background that you just said,

08:08jumping around, doing a lot of fun. And you come into the, the, the periphery of such actors.

08:19It's, it's, it's, it's a humbling experience. It's, they're stalwarts in a way. If you ask me,

08:26in my, Marina's Roman, they're all stalwarts from where they come from. I also had an amazing

08:35co-actor, Danesh Iqbal, who, who, who's a very classically trained actor. He's also from the

08:42theater back in Delhi. And, uh, we became great friends and, and very accommodating co-stars I had.

08:55I don't think, uh, with the kind of films that I had done, I never thought they would be so welcoming.

09:02I do have training. I do come from the theater. I also have that whole artistic tinge to my, my, uh,

09:14being, but, uh, you know, you're only as good as the last film that you do. And you, you do get judged

09:20in this industry quite a lot from the last project that you've done, which is a little unfair, I would

09:28say, but applause and zeal, uh, applause and, uh, Sony lift. They kind of, they really believed in me.

09:36They put their trust in me and they, I'm glad that they did because, uh, it's very easy to dismiss an actor

09:44saying, oh, yeh toh comedy karta hai. You know, he only does, uh, these, uh, hero ke dost parts and he,

09:51but here they went back, they tapped into my true potential as an actor from the stage.

09:59And while doing so improved me leaps and bounds as an actor, because now I see hope. Now I see a lot

10:08of potential and, and I see so many other characters that I could be experimented with. And it's, it's a gift.

10:18It's a gift that Sony live and applause have given me and especially Mr. Nagesh Kokunor, who,

10:24who I would love to work with him again. Not just that he's a fabulous actor himself as well.

10:31And he knows how to, he knows how to direct actors. He first understands you as a human

10:38being and then he extracts the best out of you so much. So that while dubbing for the show,

10:47I was pleasantly surprised. I was like, I did not know I could do that. I did not know I could pull off

10:53a scene like that. It, it was a lot of fun working on this, on this set.

10:58I think till the age of 11, you lived down south in Tamil Nadu. Do you think that this background

11:04that you have, it kind of influenced your character in this particular movie?

11:08Of course it did. And, uh, the beauty of being, uh, uh, a cultural freak, so to speak,

11:19is that as an actor, it helps you a lot. I, you know, a lot of, uh, North Indians, so to speak,

11:27don't even understand the difference between Tamil Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. I do.

11:33And, uh, I'm so glad that I do because it's a beautiful part of our country. I've grown up there.

11:40And now I feel that my whole life, I had this, this question in my head, why am I like this? I was not

11:50accepted there. I'm not accepted in North India. What do I do? Finally, Mumbai, I found, which was

11:55home to me and nobody judged me here for being this multilingual person. Now I feel like my whole life

12:03has been a preparation for this role and whatever happens happens for the best because, and I'm

12:10talking to all those children who think, especially the children who grew or grew up in, uh, different

12:16parts of our country. It's a beautiful country. It's got so many languages. It's got, it's got so many

12:22cultures. Every two kilometers, the food is changing. The dialect is changing. The language is changing.

12:28My God. With all that being said, may I ask you if you have any plans to work in any South cinema

12:36project, if it comes, okay? Yes. Yes. If it comes, in fact, through you, I would like to request

12:42everybody down South. I am dying to do Tamil work because it's, it's unfortunate that I speak fluent

12:52Tamil. And the first Tamil project that I stumbled upon was Merry Christmas. And I got an opportunity

13:00to work with a great director like, uh, Mr. Shri Ram Raghavan. And I, my co-actor was the great

13:07Vijay Setupati. And they were both pleasantly surprised because Tamil coming out of my mouth

13:14seems a little unnatural. I don't look like a, like a true Tamilian, but I, I grew up there and,

13:22and that's the first language I spoke. So that being my first opportunity after having spent 15

13:28years in Mumbai in the Hindi film industry, luckily that was a bilingual film. It was shot in Hindi

13:35and in Tamil. And I spoke my own lines there. From there to here, doing a long format show in

13:43Tamil is my first. And I'm so glad because, because my, my, my, my father, after having moved

13:51from Tamil Nadu to New Delhi, my father would often visit South India and he would bring me DVDs

13:59of these, of these, uh, good Tamil films that he said, you have to watch this, you have to watch this.

14:04And he always had this, this, this, uh,

14:09Ichha, this, this urge that I work down South because, uh, he, he, we've grown up watching Tamil cinema.

14:19We've grown up watching some really amazing Tamil films, not only Tamil films, some great Talud

14:24Malayalam films, which are now quite the rage, but we grew up with them. And my father always thought

14:33we have to work in the Tamil film industry, work in the Punjabi film industry, do that because these

14:40are the two languages I'm really fluent in. I've spent 17, 18 years in, in Mumbai, and now I get an

14:49opportunity to do something like the hunt. And that couldn't have been a better opportunity for me

14:55to show off my Tamil. And through you, I would request anybody watching this or anybody who wants

15:03an actor who looks like me, but can speak Tamil. It has worked for Mr. Nagesh Kukuroor. It has worked

15:09for applause. It has worked for Sony live. It will work for you there. That's my advertisement of myself.

15:16Well, great Sahil, you are ever versatile. You are multilingual. You are a phenomenal dubbing artist.

15:23I wish you all the best. And I hope that we get to see you in South cinema as well. What would be that

15:28one advice for young people who are trying to make a big name for themselves in this industry?

15:35Don't, don't work towards making a big name for yourself. Uh, if it, if it, if it's for you,

15:42it'll come to you. Just enjoy what you're doing. Believe me, I set out from my house.

15:50It might sound like hypocrisy, but I set out from my house to make an, make a big name for myself.

15:57But believe me, that's not something that we should focus on. My only advice to all those people is that

16:05just be the best at what you do. It sounds like a very, uh, cliched statement. Everybody says the

16:12same thing. Be the best version of yourself. It sounds like an Instagram post, but it's not.

16:18It's actually the truth. If you are the best at what you do, they will come and get you. There's a

16:25very famous movie director who said a very beautiful thing that if I'm looking for a fat guy with a scar on

16:33his face and you are a fat guy with a scar on your face, I will break your door. I will come to you

16:41and I'll beg you to be a part of my film. I think that's what's happened here.

16:46I was the guy who looked the part who could speak a language and I did not get, get cast because I

16:57was this fabulous actor. I did not get cast because I could pull off certain tricks or whatever. I got

17:06cast because I fit the role. I got cast because I was the kind of guy they were looking for. Believe me,

17:14it's going to happen with you. Don't go out there trying to prove yourself and don't try to,

17:20you know, make a name for yourself. Don't work for, for being a star. Work towards becoming better

17:31every day, a better actor, a better singer, a better dancer. This goes out to every artist out there.

17:38A name for yourself will come from the love that the audience gives you.

17:43If they love what you do, believe me, the audience is honest. You cannot fool the audience with,

17:51you know, tricks. The audience sees through you, they see through your performances and if your

17:58performance is honest, you're enjoying what you're doing, they'll enjoy watching you and if they get

18:04used to watching you, there's no turning back. Great. Very well said, Sahil and I wish you all the

18:11best for the series and I request everyone who is watching this interview to go on Sony Live on 4th of

18:19July and binge on The Hunt because as Sahil said, it has a lot of cliffhangers and it's going to keep you

18:25hooked to your screen. So do go and watch it on Sony Live on 4th of July. Thank you so much, Sahil.

18:31Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much.

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