Vikrant Massey reveals ‘failed actors, bitter casting directors’ conduct Bollywood auditions: ‘They’re praying to take the part I’m auditioning for’

Vikrant added, “Most casting directors are either failed actors who are partly bitter, or their assistants are aspiring actors themselves. It’s a very tricky space, and I recognised that very early. They’re directing you, but you’re never sure if that is the way the director would want to direct you.” To counter this, Vikrant started asking for certain changes to be made. He continued, “At a much later stage in my life, after I’d done films like Half Girlfriend and even Lootera, I started to insist, ‘Can I have the director when I audition and you don’t guide me, because I know you are praying to take the part I’m auditioning for’.”

Vikrant worked in television before making his film acting debut with Vikramaditya Motwane’s Lootera in 2014. And although he has played parallel leads in movies such as Haseen Dillruba, Ginny Weds Sunny, Love Hostel, Forensic and Cargo, it took him nearly a decade to land his first solo lead role, in the film 12th Fail, directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The film earned positive reviews, and is outperforming the more high-profile Tejas at the box office.