Sumeet Vyas: The man behind TVF’s Mikesh Choudhary

We caught up with Vyas, who admits that he isn’t at all like his on-screen character. “People assume that you are like the character you play even in real life,” he says (aalok soni/Hindustan Times)

Updated on: Jul 27, 2016 3:42 PM IST

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We caught up with Vyas, who admits that he isn’t at all like his on-screen character. “People assume that you are like the character you play even in real life,” he says (aalok soni/Hindustan Times)

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Sumeet Vyas at his home on Yari Road, Mumbai (aalok soni/Hindustan Times)

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“I love the character of Mikesh. He’s so naïve. I have a friend who is exactly like him. I draw a lot of references from him; he doesn’t know that though.” (aalok soni/Hindustan Times)

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Originally from Rajasthan, Vyas never excelled at academics. As a 16-year-old, he started working as an assistant editor in an editing studio (aalok soni/Hindustan Times)

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At the age of 20, he started acting in television serials while simultaneously writing and directing plays. “I started acting in Doordarshan’s Woh Hue Na Humare (2002)...” (aalok soni/Hindustan Times)

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It was his friend, actor Kunal Khemu, who initially showed him a few videos by TVF. He thought the content was great and texted Nidhi Bisht (casting director) (aalok soni/Hindustan Times)