Dreams Unlimited

Anshuman Jha is excited about his role of a sociopath in the cyber crime drama Mona Darling.

The talented Anshuman Jha made his debut with Dibakar Banerjee’s Love Sex Aur Dhoka (2010). He went on to do critically acclaimed films like Yeh Hai Bakrapur and Chauranga. An Economics graduate, his passion for cinema made him take this detour and there’s been no looking back for him. More recently, he took a pause from theatre - he was performing in two plays - Dirty Talk and The Boy Who Stopped Smiling – and took on four films, each distinctive in theme. Shashi Sudigala’s Mona Darling, Harish Vyas’ Angrezi Main Kehte Hain, Ashvin Kumar’s Noor and the Nandita Das’ production Pagla Ghoda directed by Bikas Mishra. “It’s not the actor who makes the choice. It’s the choice that makes the actor... It’s nice to be doing roles that take you through the diverse spectrum,” smiles Anshuman. He believes Mona Darling is a whodunit that matches international standards and goes on to talk about it a lot more...

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