Sumeet Vyas says OTT has exceeded cinema in some aspects: ‘The budgets of some of the shows…’ | Exclusive

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Sumeet Vyas has worked in web shows longer than most Indian actors. That is because he was part of some of the first ever web series made in the country almost nine years ago. Over the years, he has seen the medium grow and evolve. In a chat with DNA, the actor talks about the growth, his new show Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke, and why he was ‘scared’ taking it up.

Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke sees Sumeet in a negative role probably for the first time in his career. The actor says that was the biggest draw for him when approached for the show. “That is what drew me to the script that if I could play something like this, it is so against my grain. It’s also more challenging and little scary because you don’t know how it will land or if you’d be able to pull it off. You don’t know if people who have seen and appreciated your work would accept you in something like this. But one will only find out if one takes those chances. You only grow when you take chances where you can fail,” he says.

The actor has largely played sober positive characters in his career before, leading to many assuming that is who he is in real life. Sumeet says with a laugh, “I did my homework and did this part as sincerely as I did all my other parts. To be very honest, I am not a lot like the people I have played before.”

He was, however, mindful of not judging his character even though it was negative. Sumeet explains, “While signing the show, I wanted to meet the makers because I wanted to see how they saw the show. I met Srijit ji and I identified with his vision for the show and Tariq, the character I play. The way I play a character, I don’t like judging it even if it is a so-called negative character. I look for what drives Tariq. Becoming what he has become and choosing this way of life has been a conscious thought-out decision for him so there must be something that is driving him. One needs to figure that out.”

Although he had worked in TV shows and films early on, Sumeet’s breakthrough role was of Mikesh in Permanent Roommates, arguably India’ first long-form web series, released in 2014. Since then, he has worked in a number of shows like Tripling, The Verdict, Jugaadistan, and now Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke. When asked if OTT has bridged the gap with cinema over time, the actor says, “It has exceeded in some levels because the budgets of some of the shows are at par or more than most movie budgets. They employ the same kind of technical expertise that the movie makers do. They have all the talent. I don’t think people making shows on OTT were competing with films. It’s just happened.”

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