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Deven Bhojani plays Mehboob Bhai successful Taaza Khabar. (Disney+ Hotstar/ Instagram)
Deven Bhojani is a sanction that instantly brings backmost memories of his iconic roles successful cinema and television. We retrieve him arsenic the lovable and quirky person of Aamir Khan, Ghansu, successful the cult classical Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992), and later, arsenic the hilarious Dushyant successful the deed TV bid Sarabhai vs Sarabhai and Gattu successful Baa Bahoo Aur Baby. However, Deven’s endowment extends acold beyond his comedic persona. With the emergence of OTT platforms, he’s present shedding his typecast representation and exploring caller horizons, showcasing his versatility arsenic an actor.
“I’m highly blessed due to the fact that I person ever believed that I was a versatile actor, but I was waiting for the close opportunity,” Deven tells indianexpress.com, referring to his relation successful the critically acclaimed web bid Taaza Khabar, which is present successful its 2nd season. The show’s occurrence has been a game-changer for Deven, allowing him to showcase his scope arsenic an actor.
“Taaza Khabar Season 1 made maine highly blessed due to the fact that it was a wholly antithetic benignant of character. I had ne'er played idiosyncratic who is truthful emotional, righteous, idiosyncratic with a beard and reddish hair, owning a bakery and selling anda-pav (eggs and bread). There are truthful galore layers to this character,” helium elaborates.
Deven Bhojani’s travel hasn’t been without its challenges. Typecasting has been a persistent issue, with galore assuming he’s lone suited for comedic roles. “Yes, it becomes easier for makers, channels, and platforms to typecast an actor,” Deven acknowledges. “If they similar idiosyncratic doing something, they deliberation of a definite histrion for those roles.” However, he’s determined to interruption escaped from these expectations.
With the emergence of OTT platforms, Deven has yet recovered the cleanable accidental to showcase his versatility. Taaza Khabar and his caller Gujarati movie Udan Chhoo person allowed him to pat into his melodramatic and romanticist sides.
“Udan Chhoo is simply a middle-age emotion story, and I’m playing a romanticist lead. It’s doing incredibly well, and radical are inactive flocking to theatres aft 3 weeks,” Deven beams with pride. “I’m highly blessed thinking, ‘yeh bhi main kar fto hoon yaar! (I tin bash this too!)’”
Deven Bhojani’s passionateness for exploration and learning is evident successful his words. “I similar to research myself arsenic an actor; I inactive don’t cognize what each I’m susceptible of, truthful I’ll support exploring and learning. When I larn something, it ends up being entertaining for people, truthful I’m looking guardant to doing adjacent much work.”
The overwhelming compliments he’s received for his caller performances person lone fueled his originative fire.
Deven says helium is “pushing boundaries” with his quality successful the 2nd play of Taaza Khabar. “I’m excited to spot wherever this travel takes me,” the histrion concludes.
Taaza Khabar Season 2 is streaming connected Disney+ Hotstar.
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