Vikrant Massey addresses his ‘retirement post’, says he felt ‘creatively saturated’: ‘I wrote it at night, was unable to sleep’

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Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi came at the special screening of his film The Sabarmati Report, with the entire cabinet. “The very next day, PM Modi and the entire cabinet were going to watch my film The Sabarmati Report. I never thought this would happen in my life. I might be sounding borderline pompous but I am being as honest as I can. The kind of love and reception the film got, I was truly overwhelmed by it,” he added.

The actor felt that he reached a stage of ‘creative saturation’, when he decided to announce the break on social media, after discussing with his wife, actor Sheetal Thakur. “I was on a call with my wife and we were chatting. Iss desh mai isse zyada koi kya hi kar sakta hai as an actor (What more can an actor achieve in this country)? 12th Fail got acclaim and now Sabarmati Report is also receiving so much love. Physically also, I am kind of exhausted. I have been doing non-stop work, I nearly shot 284 days last year out of 365 days, so there was creative saturation as well,” he shared.

Vikrant continued, “I personally felt that it was the right moment when the honourable Prime Minister of my country is going to watch a film which is so close to my heart, I have to better myself as an actor now, to be worth people’s time and money. How will I do that? I reflected and wanted to better myself as an actor. Take a break, recalibrate and better yourself!” adding, “I tried doing the same but the problem was that I wrote a lot of English in that post, many people couldn’t understand it, hence I issued a clarification.”

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When asked if there was a moment when he took pride in himself or arrogance came in the way as a successful actor, and he answered, “If I am at my peak and all good things are happening, meri nazrein ulta neeche hojaati hain (my eyes bow down instead). I know for a fact that everything in life is very transient, nothing is permanent. It is better to keep arrogance away. Many people came before me and many will come after that, arrogance can take you nowhere. When I sit at home and talk to my family about a person who made me wait for 4-5 hours earlier is calling me today, I also feel really good but it stays in those four walls. I go when they call me, I keep that respect.”

Talking about his future plans, Vikrant expressed his desire to don the director and producer’s hat. “There is one film I am doing next year and my entire focus is on that film. I am doing the film as an actor by the end of next year. I also want to direct and produce but it’s not the right time to talk about it publicly. My entire focus is on watching my son grow, to take that necessary break, to write more, and look after my health a little more. There is no problem as such, but health could be better. I haven’t slept for more than 4-5 hours for so many years, so I want to do that,” he shared.