EXCLUSIVE | Harman Baweja says he is happy turning producer: ‘I don’t think that there are many fans of my acting’

Won’t your fans miss you on screen? “I don’t think that there are many out there,” the actor-producer jokes, and adds, “But, I also would want to do what I love. Putting together different stories and films for the audience is what I love more than acting, as we speak. Few years down the line, maybe I will think differently, but not right now.”

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Harman is also collaborating with Emmy award winning Canadian film director Richie Mehta for their film Boy From Andaman. Talking about the union, he says, “I have always tried to push the boundaries as a producer. With getting Richie on board, it is definitely a project you don’t want to miss out on. That is something I am really excited about, let’s see how things pan out.”

With Mrs, starring Sanya Malhotra in the lead role, getting the push it deserves at several International film festivals and mainstream commercial films struggling at the theatres, he says he doesn’t think that one should be placed less than the other. “There’s merit to both. One would love to see a little bit of both, that would be the ideal scenario. With Mrs., it has travelled to so many festivals and being lauded everywhere, now at IFFI. Its a powerful story which needs to be told, but at the same time needs to entertaining. The balance that we found in the film is the reason why it travelled and that too so well,” states the 44-year-old.

Talking about Mrs., its an official Hindi adaptation of Malayalam-language The Great Indian Kitchen (2021), written and directed by Jeo Baby. Helmed by Arati Kadav, it emphasises on the patriarchal behaviour existing in many households, where women are burdened with the task of cooking, cleaning and managing home chores.