A NATURAL FIT RAHUL SHARMA

When Rahul Sharma bagged the Student of the Year 2 project, he realized that it’s always good to believe in yourself and your potentials. Today, with a handful of big banner projects in hand, the 29-year-old actor feels content and is happy that he did everything possible to make his dream come true of becoming an actor. In Rahul’s opinion, success comes when you start analyzing your strengths and weaknesses and work towards improving every day. Rahul still does the same and thinks learning is a never-ending process. In a detailed conversation with TMM, he looks back at his journey.

When did you decide to take acting as a career?

I was a backbencher in school and every time someone asked me, what you want to become in life? I simply used to say, “Main to hero banuga aur Mumbai jaunga”. From school to home, it sued to be a matter of laughter, but I had made up my mind to be an actor. Like every small town guy or a middle-class boy, I had big dreams in my eyes, but I have noticed that with time people forget their dreams, but I was exceptional. I never forgot my dreams and did everything possible to polish my dancing and acting skills. When I was in 9th standard, I had joined dance classes and became a choreographer in my hometown city Panipat. I choreographed for almost 4 to 5 years because that was the only thing I could do at that time in my city. And my motive was to take the routes of dancing and slowly move to acting and become a full-package and also set the mindset of my family that I am going to be an actor soon. After that, I went to college and my journey to theatre started in Delhi and I used to travel to New Delhi from Panipat after attending college. After a few months, I shifted to Delhi and completed my theater course. I did plays and street plays and got to know my capabilities and talents, worked on myself, and then in 2012 I decided to move to Mumbai to live my dreams and later my dream turned into reality, and here I am!

With so many shows, advertisements, web series, and big banner movies, what has been the biggest learning in the acting world till date?