Mumbai: Actor-comedian Sunil Grover, who became a household name as "Gutthi" on
"Comedy Nights with Kapil", says he is glad to have overcome the
pessimistic phase in his career when he used to worry about the
prospects of his TV shows.
Grover is back on the small screen
after a gap of more than a year with a cricket-comedy show called "Jio
Dhan Dhana Dhan Live", which airs alongside the Indian Premiere League
(IPL).
Earlier in 2014, after his feud with colleague Kapil
Sharma on "Comedy Nights...", Grover had started his own comedy show
"Mad In India", which eventually failed to attain popularity.
He reunited with Kapil for his new offering, "The Kapil Sharma Show" as Dr Mashoor Gulati.
Post
his mid-air tussle last year with Kapil, the actor says he is returning
with renewed energy, leaving behind his long struggle with all sorts of
the anxieties.
"I used to have the pressure of making my next
show better than the previous one. I don't know how to make hit or flop
shows, I don't know its mechanism," Grover told PTI in an interview.
The actor says he understood that if one works with 100 per cent dedication towards an idea, the project develops a "soul".
"Now,
I don't worry about how people will receive a show, or not. I don't
want to get anxious because of that. I used to be anxious earlier, like
failure of a show or thinking about something that hasn't happened. (I
figured) That's useless. I would rather focus on doing my job," he adds.
Excited
about working on a full-fledged show after his exit from "The Kapil
Sharma Show" in 2017, Grover says the year ahead looks promising as he
has multiple projects lined up.
"I am now part of this show. I am
doing a regular project after a long time, so I am excited about it. I
will be working almost every day, which is a happy, nice feeling... I am
also working on some other things also, which will come in the later
part of the year," he said.
Despite enjoying the popularity as an
artiste with an impeccable comic timing, the actor does not refer to
himself as a comedian but likes being called an actor who "creates
caricatures".
"I don't know comedy. I believe comedy is something
that's gifted to people. I am an actor, who makes caricatures out of
characters. I am trying to learn various kinds of genres within comedy.
The objective is to make people laugh but people should also get to
watch new things," he said.
PTI
