MUMBAI: Akkshay Dogra has always been an impeccable actor but he has hardly got his due. Best known for his role in Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon and Dil Hi Toh Hai, Akkshay is currently on a sabbatical from the small screen. However, given his quest for work and experiments, Akkshay along with Padma Damodaran performed a live Instagram play, which was inspired by Harold Pinter's Betrayal. The play has been directed by Aditee Biswas. In a chat with a portal, the actor spoke about a lot of things.
When asked what inspired him to perform play live on Instagram, he said, “We started discussing this three years ago, she and I were discussing. Initially, the idea was to do it in an apartment where people could view us live. I call it hyper-real. For me, it is about putting up an act that is so real that it will incite an emotion on you. We kept thinking and thanks to lockdown, I just called up and said let’s work on it. We kept exercising and improvising and then decided to do it online. Then we started wondering where should we do it... YouTube or BookMyShow... but since this was an experiment we decided to do it live on Instagram. I did not want people to pay for this at this point because it is an experiment firstly.”
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Akkshay Dogra also spoke about facing financial issue during lockdown. He said, “I think we have all been facing some sort of financial crisis in the last few months due to lockdown. I have next to nil savings left, have exhausted it all. I wasn't working last year and had two films releasing this year but now after lockdown, we don't know. So, of course, I had bouts of doubts will it release, what will happen? Mumbai is an expensive city, most of us have drained out our money. That's when understood the priority.”
How are you managing finances then? “My wife is supportive, we were childhood sweethearts and she was always working, so we balanced it out. But we have cut down on expenses. Earlier, it was like we need to maintain the standard, come out of luxurious cars because that creates a perception but the last few months have changed it all,” said the actor.
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