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Sunny Singh: I like to do my homework and be prepared before I go on set

Actor Sunny Singh has found a footing in the entertainment industry, but his journey has been a long one

Published on: Jan 4, 2023, 17:18:54 IST
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Actor Sunny Singh has found a footing in the entertainment industry, but his journey has been a long one. The Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety (2018) actor doesn’t discount all that he learnt before venturing into films.

Sunny Singh: I like to do my homework and be prepared before I go on set
Sunny Singh: I like to do my homework and be prepared before I go on set

“I started acting long back, with theatre and then did TV (Kasautii Zindagi Kay and Shakuntala). I started out in 2006, did ads, then TV and soon landed my first film, Akaash Vaani (2013),” he says.

But a lot has changed since then in terms of the way a project is prepped, including readings, workshops and a host of things. Singh believes in doing his homework and being fully prepared before shoot begins. “My competition has always been with myself. For me, what matters is the reading. You know the whole film’s story, your character and it’s thought, what is happening in the film and with other characters. So, you automatically know how you need to play your part,” says Singh. The actor, 37, adds, “I like to do my homework and be prepared. I mug up my dialogues to know the feel of the scene and then go on set. It should be spontaneous, hence if you know your dialogues beforehand, you can express them differently on set. I think that works a lot.”

 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rishabh Suri

Rishabh Suri is an Assistant Editor, film critic, and professional overthinker of plot points. He writes for HT City, keeping pace with an industry where news cycles expire long before the popcorn gets cold. He completed his graduation in English Honours from Kirori Mal College, followed by a Master’s degree in English Literature-effectively training his brain to over-analyse classic texts before applying those exact same skills to 3-hour Bollywood blockbusters. He got into the profession when he had barely graduated from college and has been at HT ever since. At HT, Rishabh reviews films with a simple rule: skip the dense academic jargon and get straight to the point. Beyond reviews, as Assistant Editor, he helps navigate the broader circus of showbiz, tracking everything from OTT shifts to sudden box office panics. In a beat driven by loud PR machinery and carefully scripted answers, Rishabh prefers cutting through the noise to focus on how stories get made and why trends shift. When he isn’t writing against a deadline, he is usually sitting in a dark theater, compulsively memorising dialogues. For Rishabh, analysing movies isn't just a day job- it’s a habit he couldn't turn off even if he tried.

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