Harsh Mayar: After successful the National Award, it took me six years to get my first large break

Harsh Mayyar grew to become a family identify when internet present Gullak first launched in 2019. Five years later and with its fourth season that lately dropped, the actor feels “overwhelmed” that audiences proceed to like the present.

“Without doing big promotions, Gullak has garnered so much love from people, and it got picked up like crazy and I am getting a great response. This shows that everything is content driven these days,” says Mayyar, who additionally made his singing debut with the monitor Feeling Nayi Hai in Gullak 4.

Stating that singing is one thing that he at all times wished to do, he tells us, “Main bahut time se peeche pada hua tha team ke that let’s do a song. Gullak is something jo mera home ground hai. I felt that the song was on me, so I could give it a shot with my voice. And when the song finally released, people liked it so much that it was unbelievable. I had never thought of such a debut in singing, I always thought maybe one day I will do playback singing for films. But, this all felt so good.”

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Going ahead, the 26-year-old hopes that he will get provided extra singing tasks, and expresses his want to discover “rap as well, as I have several friends in the desi hip hop industry”. However, at this level, Mayyar, who received a National Award for the Best Child Artist for I Am Kalam (2011), reveals that regardless of getting such an honour, the alternatives he received weren’t prompt.

“When I was young, mujhe knowledge nahi thi inn sab cheezon ki. But later, when I came to Mumbai, I realised that this is a very different world and it will be difficult to have an experience here on my own,” he says, including, “I got my first huge break with Hichki (2018) after six years [of waiting], and I couldn’t believe what happened. So, agar pehle nahi bhi mila kaam and baad mai mila, toh mujhe koi complaint nahi hai. Without any film family background, at least people saw the talent in me and gave me work,” he elucidates.

While the actor feels that social media may play an vital position in a star’s life, in the long run, it’s solely good work that draws extra affords and audiences. “I don’t indulge in internet fame, so it’s good that I still manage to get work. My aim is only to focus on acting and not be bothered about these factors,” he says, and is fast so as to add, “Initially, I never used to may much heed to social media, but after I got married, my wife said that you rap, sing, dance, and act, so you should maintain your social media, that’s when I started focusing on it a bit. People are even liking it now! Phir bhi, zaroorat se zyada kuch nahi karna chaahiye, it should be just a medium to stay connected with fans and let people talk about your work more,” Mayar concludes.