Darsheel Safary says he felt ‘pressured’ after Taare Zameen Par, shares that he would cry every day: ‘Didn’t understand what was happening’

The actor said that this is when he discovered theatre and took a good seven-eight years sabbatical and performed only on stage. He also traveled and found the ‘inner actor’ in him and then started looking for scripts. Darsheel is presently promoting his film Hukus Bukus, about a young man who idolises Sachin Tendulkar. He shared how he found a ‘passion’ in the writing and also realised that the character had a similar arc as him.

Aamir Khan and Darsheel Safary from Taare Zameen Par

As the host asked him about dealing with the love and attention that came his way, Darsheel said that he did not understand it initially. He shared that he was just 10 years old and as people would hold him out of love, it became overwhelming for him. “I would go home and cry every day. There were people of my parents, and grandparents’ age, who would come up to me and show so much love. Everything would get registered in my mind but I did not understand what was happening. What’s the hype about?” he said.

Darsheel said that he watched the film multiple times and even slept during a couple of screenings. It was only after the buzz was over that he felt that pressure. The film, also starring Aamir Khan was about a young boy who suffered from dyslexia. As his parents don’t understand his problem, they force him to a boarding school, where he meets a teacher, whose empathetic ways heal him.

He added that almost for a year, he would go home and cry, before discussing the day with his parents. He said he would attend events that had people who connected emotionally to the film. However, he being too young to understand it, would get overwhelmed. “When I started understanding it, I connected the emotions to my profession and have started using it in my life. You can only be a good actor once you learn to let it go,” he concluded.