Aasif Khan claims that the simplicity of the plot and its realistic approach brought about the success of the show and even praises the director for the same. He comes from a small town in Rajasthan and has a small family with 2 brothers and a sister. He tells he was never good in studies but story reading appealed him and his zest for acting began from performing in a school play. He was also inspired by “The great Indian laughter challenge” and participated in a local stand-up competition ‘laughter competition’ and unexpectedly won that.
In 2010, Khan came to Mumbai for the first time he worked as a waiter for a living however he realized that there’s something missing in him and he was not yet ready for Mumbai. Although he worked as a crowd character in ‘Agni path’ and ‘Ready’.
He went to Jaipur and joined Ravindra Manch to learn theatre and honed his acting skills. He acted as a theatre artist till 2016 and it costed him 6 years to gain the confidence that brought him back to Mumbai. Returning back, he worked as a casting associate in ‘Casting Bay’ and expresses his gratitude towards his seniors for always considering him for roles that were apt for him. He tells working as a casting associate helped him further polish his acting skills. And it was not very late when he was offered a role in “India’s most wanted”.
He has also worked in “Jamtaara” upcoming shows like “Paatal Lok” and “Mirzapur 2” apart from “Panchayat”. He suggests that a rising actor must polish his mettle first and that one should not be rigid in their preferences rather one should be versatile in choosing any job that might help them remain close to their preferred one.
In conversation with Shashi Mukherjee on the latest episode of Digital Commentary‘s Trending Talents, we conjecture an amazingly inspiring journey of Aasif Khan from a small town in Chittorgarh to paving his way straight into audience’s heart through his brief yet splendid performance in TVF’s Panchayat.
