Exclusive! Sherni & The Office Star Mukul Chadda Says OTT Revolution Has Brought Popularity To Many Actors
Mukul Chadda who is currently gearing up for Vidya Balan's Sherni and ZEE5 web show Sunflower, said OTT's revolution during the pandemic had popularised many good actors.
Mukul
Chadda
who
is
currently
gearing
up
for
Vidya
Balan's
Sherni
and
ZEE5
web
show
Sunflower,
said
OTT's
revolution
during
the
pandemic
had
popularised
many
good
actors.
During
an
interaction
with
Filmibeat,
The
Office
fame
talked
about
working
on
his
first
short
film,
Banana
Break
as
well
as
his
future
acting
projects.
Mukul
was
recently
nominated
for
the
most
popular
actor
in
a
comic
role
in
a
web
series
for
his
performance
in
the
Indian
remake
of
the
popular
American
show,
The
Office.
Talking
about
award
shows
and
being
nominated,
Mukul
said
awards
are
a
form
of
"ratification"
for
him.
Revealing
that
awards
always
"feel
wonderful",
he
added
that
being
nominated
several
times
gives
"a
performer
a
sense
of
satisfaction
that
some
people
have
appreciated
the
work
one
has
done.
I
think
it's
very
difficult
to
compare
different
performances,
which
is
why
one
cannot
take
the
winning
of
an
award
too
seriously."
For
the
unversed,
Mukul
is
an
MBA
from
IIM
Ahmedabad.
After
working
in
a
bank
in
New
York,
he
decided
to
take
his
passion
for
acting
forward.
When
talking
about
his
journey,
Mukul
revealed
that
he
does
not
believe
in
looking
back,
instead,
"I'm
only
thinking
ahead
-
that
the
best
is
yet
to
come!"
Apart
from
starring
in
films
like
Ek
Main
Aur
Ekk
Tu,
and
I
Me
Aur
Main,
Mukul
has
been
part
of
web
shows
even
before
they
became
mainstream
media
during
the
lockdown.
Talking
about
becoming
a
household
face,
he
said,
"I
think
the
OTT
revolution
has
made
so
many
actors
popular
faces,
and
that's
wonderful
to
see.
As
long
as
this
continues,
and
we
all
get
more
interesting
projects
to
work
on,
I'm
very
happy."
The
Office
actor
however
expressed
concern
over
creative
freedom
in
OTT
with
the
recent
conversations
around
regulation.
He
said,
"Personally,
I
would
hope
that
regulation
doesn't
destroy
the
creative
freedom
that
the
OTT
platforms
have
been
able
to
provide
its
content
creators.
Certification
of
content
is
a
great
idea,
regulation
of
the
same
content
could
stifle
creativity."
During
the
lockdown,
Mukul
also
turned
writer
for
his
first
short
film
Banana
Bread.
Around
the
same
time,
he
was
also
seen
in
the
ZEE5
release
Bicchoo
Ka
Khel.
When
asked
if
acting
feels
different
after
working
on
his
own
script,
he
said,
"Not
really.
Since
I'm
primarily
an
actor,
that's
a
lot
easier
in
most
projects
I
do,
like
Bichoo
Ka
Khel."
He
revealed
that
acting
in
Banana
Bread
also
proved
to
be
a
challenge,
and
said,
"Once
you're
in
your
role
as
an
actor,
you
have
to
focus
on
that,
and
let
go
of
thinking
about
the
script.
In
fact,
that
was
a
slight
challenge
with
Banana
Bread,
since
I
wrote
that
and
acted
in
it.
At
some
point,
one
has
to
'hand-over' the
reins
of
control
to
the
director
and
focus
on
one's
job
as
an
actor."
However,
the
challenges
have
not
stopped
him
from
working
on
another
script.
He
said,
"Yes,
I
am
working
on
another
script,
but
I'm
not
going
to
say
anything
about
it
right
now."
On
the
acting
front,
he
will
be
seen
in
feature
films
as
well
as
web
shows.
While
the
feature
films
are
slowly
returning
to
theatres,
Mukul
said
he
is
unaware
if
Sherni
will
see
a
theatrical
or
an
OTT
release,
but
added,
"The
platform
doesn't
matter
to
me
as
much
as
the
nature
of
the
role
and
the
project.
I'd
love
to
play
as
many
diverse
roles
as
possible,
in
as
many
different
genres
as
possible."
Notably,
Chadda
will
also
be
seen
in
Fairy
Folk,
an
independent
film
by
Karan
Gour
co-starring
his
wife,
Rasika
Dugal.
According
to
reports,
the
experimental
film
has
a
dialogue-free
screenplay
in
which
the
lines
were
improvised
on
set
by
the
actors.