Hiten Tejwani on transitioning to OTT from TV: ‘Wanted to break good looking, positive boy image’

He said, “I am always looking for good roles and I am not very particular that I want to do this or I want to do that. I am an actor first so I want to do the best roles wherever, whatever.”

“I think it is high time that we take away these tags that he is a TV actor or a film actor, as an actor is an actor on all platforms. They have a broad range, they do movies, theater, films… everything. If I get a good role, then I see the whole character and who I am working with, and what that person wants me to do. Bejoy always wanted me to do something different. People have seen me as a good looking, very positive boy. Everybody has shown me that way, but to break that image and show something else (is what got me hooked),” Hiten added.

Hiten Tejwani then shared that working with Bejoy Nambiar was like a dream come true for him.

He said, “Everybody wants to work with Bejoy Nambiar, and being able to finally work with him was like ticking off a wish from my wishlist. I still remember I had gone to meet him for something else and he said ‘I think you are this’. His vision is mind-blowing. When you don’t know how to go about something and then when you see the final product, it (Kaala) is like wow, it is that, everybody is shocked.”

“My character is Bismill and he has a great arc, he has a humane side. Of course the show is about reverse hawala but how it happens is what you’ll see in the show,” Hiten concluded.

Kaala, also starring Avinash Tiwari, Rohan Mehra among others, will start streaming on Disney Plus Hotstar from September 15.