Anant Vijay Joshi on journey from Virgin Bhasskar to Kathal: ‘I’m a work in progress…never felt I am jobless’

He says, “I think growth, for any actor, is to have this larger capacity to contribute to the storytelling, so that is what I have improved from Virgin Bhasskar to Kathal. I also understand that there was a different set of audience for Virgin Bhasskar and there will be a different set of audience for Kathal.”

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Anant Vijay Joshi, 32, is happy that he’s associating with people and platforms that give him the “opportunity to be a part of something layered.” He says, “So, having this association with Sikhya, and Balaji Motion Pictures to having Yashovardhan as a director, Ashok ji as a writer and to be able to share my space with actors like Sanya Malhotra, Rajpal Yadav, Vijay Raaz, Neha Saraf, they are the guys that I have been watching for so long, they have inspired me as actors. So it was a dream team for me and I have been lucky to be a part of this team. It gives me an opportunity to be a part of something so sweet and layered.”

Anant’s Virgin Bhasskar Season 1 came out in 2019, followed by Season 3 in 2020. He went on to star in Netflix shows. When asked how his head space was and if he ever wondered what kind of work would come to him, Anant says he is a “work in progress”.

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“There is a theatre community in Mumbai that I am a part of, so I was a part of some plays. Then I did Cobalt Blue and Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhein for Netflix, so one after the other there was always something happening commercially. As a person, as well, I do not treat it (acting) as a profession. I treat it as a lifestyle that I have committed to. So it is because of my sense of commitment to this lifestyle that I never feel that I am jobless. When I am not working, then I have this time to then work on myself and there are so many things that I go and learn. So, I am a work in progress. There is never this feeling that now I have got something and I am doing this right. You are constantly improving and learning. That, according to me, is the best part of being an actor because wherever you go, whoever you interact with there is always a learning and a sense that it is going to add value to your work in some way. There will be a residue of this which you will knowingly or unknowingly be reflecting and I enjoy this nature like quality of being an actor,” Anant concluded.

Kathal, directed by Yashowardhan Mishra, also stars Sanya Malhotra, Rajpal Yadav, Vijay Raaz and Neha Saraf. The film, a satirical social comedy, will start streaming on Netflix from May 19.