The actor has quit the TV industry and India to pursue his Hollywood dreams
Dreams know no boundaries. Ask actor Amit Sarin. The Banaras-born TV actor, who has featured on several shows like Kkusum, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Doli Saja Ke and Pavitra Rishta, and was last seen on Nisha Aur Uske Cousins, moved with his family — wife Vineesha and two children — to the US in May, 2018.
BT met Amit when he was recently in India on a visit. He said, “Since the past five years, I was not taking up shows here unless they were really appealing. I was busy setting up a production house with my wife and I was completely focussed on it and hence, acting took a back seat.”
His life changed when Vineesha developed a Hollywood project and happened to meet the legendary actor, Al Pacino, for it. Titled Tiger Heart, the film will have five principal actors. While four of them will be Hollywood artistes, the fifth character will be portrayed by Amit himself.
The actor added, “Meeting Al Pacino gave me the faith and vision to look beyond what I was doing. At that point, I wasn’t too happy with what I was being offered on TV, but had to do it to run my home. Things started falling in place last year, and we shifted base to the US because it’s an outand-out Hollywood project.”
The decision was not an easy one, as it required leaving behind a career of 20 years and starting from scratch in a new country. Amit recalled, “Everyone around me was shocked at my decision. Honestly, it was tough, but when the drive to succeed and excel is powerful, it takes over everything else. We tried making the film from Mumbai, but it was impossible. For such things, there are no half measures. The age of my children — my daughter was six and my son, four — was also right for us to move. Since Vineesha was raised in New York, she understands the culture there.”
Amit said that he had to say ‘no’ to a lot of offers back home in Mumbai. “My biggest challenge was to break away from the comfort zone here. In June 2018, I got a big offer, and it was heartbreaking to decline it. I keep getting offers, because most people don’t know that I have shifted base. It did take a toll on me, as I couldn’t take up the offers because I was pursuing a bigger dream. Fortunately, Vineesha coped with me. She’s my pillar of strength and was there when I needed her the most,” he signed off.
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