Gurmeet Choudhary on Sushant Singh Rajput’s death: ‘My friends call me up, ask me not to take the wrong step, assure me they will watch my films’

Actor Gurmeet Choudhary, who transitioned from tv to movies and created a good house for himself, has mentioned it’s Sushant Singh Rajput’s success that smoothened the trail for TV actors to maneuver to movies. Sushant, who was discovered useless on June 14 in his Mumbai flat, is usually cited as some of the profitable transitions from the small display screen to the silver display screen.

Speaking with Navbharat Times in an interview, Gurmeet mentioned, “Sushant has paved the way for us in Bollywood. If he would not have been successful there, perhaps the filmmakers would have rejected me too, stating why would they pay to watch me in theatres since they have already seen me a lot on TV. Sushant changed Bollywood’s approach to TV stars. After Sushant broke that wall, I was able to make a Bollywood debut with the Bhatt camp film, Khamoshiyaan.”

Gurmeet additionally weighed in on the insecurity felt by the members of the family and family members of actors in present occasions. “My family and friends call me up and ask me not to take the wrong step and assure me that they will watch my films, come what may. This is a very competitive industry and everyone is scared that their career might finish if they deliver a flop film,” he advised the Hindi each day.

Gurmeet has labored in a couple of Hindi movies together with Paltan and Wajah Tum Ho. He didn’t cease working in TV exhibits after making the large transfer. After making a mark along with his debut present Yeh Meri Life Hai and profitable the Nach Baliye 5 trophy, Gurmeet additionally labored in Geet Hui Sabse Parayi and Punar Vivah.

About discovering work in movies, Gurmeet had just lately advised Hindustan Times in an interview, “My dream was to be on the 70mm screen. But after sincerely doing TV for years, there came a point when I felt that I should try films because I wanted to take on a new challenge in life. I had achieved a lot on TV and I wanted to do a film. And during that time I was told many that ‘you are a TV star, when people can watch you for free on TV who will buy a ticket to watch you on screen?’ I faced it a lot.”

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Sushant shot to fame with Ekta Kapoor’s well-liked present Pavitra Rishta, through which he featured with Ankita Lokhande. He give up the present to make his Bollywood debut with Kai Po Che in 2013 and went forward to characteristic in a couple of critically in addition to commercially acclaimed motion pictures together with Sonchiriya and MS Dhoni: The Untold Story.

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