Vikrant Massey says older brother Moeen ‘compromised’ in life, father ‘lived a life of affluence’ before losing it all: ‘I didn’t want to do that’

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Vikrant said that one day, when he was a teenager, he desperately needed money. His father summoned him to his office, and Vikrant went, expecting a fancy desk and pleasant atmosphere. What he witnessed shook him to the core. His worn-out father was sitting deflated on a chair; there was no fancy office or desk, but there was an ashtray piled up with cigarette butts. And when he received an envelope of cash from him, he understood how valuable it was. “I decided that a role reversal was in order,” he said.

Explaining his other motivations behind pursuing a life of wealth, he said, “I was sick of wearing worn clothes, even shoes. Clothes weren’t that big of a problem, but when you have to wear somebody else’s shoes, it’s horrible. No matter how much I scrubbed them, they would still stink of someone else.” Asked if he didn’t have the money to buy shoes, Vikrant said, “Most of the times… That’s when I decided that even if I go to Fashion Street and buy a T-shirt worth Rs 100, I’ll go ahead and do it because it would be new.”

Vikrant noted that he began to be treated differently after acquiring wealth. “People started wishing me good morning in a very different manner, started shaking my hand with a very different grip the moment I got a bigger car,” he said, adding, “I didn’t want to compromise like my older brother did. He is a man with a very big heart, but he compromised. He wanted to do a lot of things which he could not. He settled, he sacrificed, he compromised, and I use these words very thoughtfully. I didn’t want to do that.”

Vikrant is now among the most sought-after actors of his generation, having delivered the massively successful 12th Fail last year. He was last seen in the Netflix film Sector 36, and will next be seen in The Sabarmati Report.