Spotlight on Sparsh Shrivastava
Accidental actor. That's the phrase Sparsh Shrivastava uses to describe his 16-year run as an entertainer. The Agra boy was 11 when he won the dance reality show, Chak Dhoom Dhoom. Acting wasn't on the horizon, he says, but his connection with the camera was undeniable and, by 2017, he knew that Mumbai was to be his new home. Last year, the 27-year-old actor's breakthrough moment came with Laapataa Ladies, where his convincing turn as a naive groom stuck with somebody else's wife tickled as well as won hearts. In March, he scored another hit as a young wannabe with Bollywood on his mind in the Amazon Prime sitcom Dupahiya. And last month, Sparsh made a case for being a multi-hyphenate artist after releasing his first single, Ji Huzoor. 'I want to set an example for the audience and say that if you want to do something in life, you don't have to rely on excuses,' he says. 'Work hard and you will get there.'
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