Veer Pahariya Opens Up About Akshay Kumar’s Guidance, Sky Force, Fighter Pilot Training, And Facing Trolls With Resilience: Bollywood News
Veer, Although I thought you did a God job in Skyforce there is a vicious backlash in section about your easy access to your debut. Does this take away from the joy of the film’s success?
Not at all, sir. I think to be in a film like this which you know pays homes to a real hero of the 1965 war was an honor and a privilege and people who have been watched the film hasn so much so much so there is
Veer Pahariya Opens Up About Akshay Kumar’s Guidance, Sky Force, Fighter Pilot Training, And Facing Trolls With Resilience
Tell me about your antecedents?
I was born in Mumbai, and i spent a less of my primary years in Mumbai and then my parents had a rough a rough Know Everything was so widely covered in the media and the divorce affidavit was out in public domain e. But so, growing up as a child you know i really wanted to escape and have my own voice and try to do something on my own.
And that outlet for you was the movies?
So that for me was movies. I didn Bollywood have many friend friends growing up so the movie characters which I watched in hindi films if my best friends. I also spent a lot of time trying to evolve, so I would spend time with music instruments. I developed an interest in everything you know I used to direct short films, I used to be on stage, I used to perform at shiamak davar. My Mom Enrollled Me When I was very young and then growing up, i moved to delhi and then i want to board school after with I wanted to act. So, everything in my life has been towards achieving that dream after that.
How long did it take your dream to fructify?
Post School Who That film . Following that I did a lot of ads. I worked as an assistant director on ads, I learned production design, I worked in the Costume Department, I Worked In the Sound Department, I also assisted mr. Resool Pookutty on a Show, I Learned Mixing, Mastering and Sound Engineering and I used to lend my voice as a rap artist and as a singer for many ad jingles which available on Yachit I can share them with you and that’S how my journey started and then i started a youtube channel where i develop a small audience but they were very much you know interesting in listening in listening to my music and I use Get paid to Perform when I was 20 years old and these were all the youtube songs which I would die , About Camera Facing etc. … These things. Following that you know I study in the uk, I went to college, I have a dual degree in finance and management but why I was focusing on my music and my performance on Stage Etc and I Started Taking Dramaticxes. When I came back from university, my first job was as an assistant director on a film called Bazaar. I worked on that film and then i went onto the pre-production of satyamev jayate from the production company and then I focused on another venture of mine where I will be a laive from App. That also taught me a lot about you know being spontaneous, being imprising and performing for camera when you know you do! Following that you know it was just before covid when I wanted to quit everything and focus on my performance, and you know audition etc.
That’s quite a lot on your resume!
Although My Audition Journey Started In the Beginning when I was assisting etc. My main time where I focused on acting happened in 2019 when I started auditioning again and I cracked four or five projects where we have done the look test, we had done the post, Id signed the content oment Somehow it would be taken away or there would be no funding. Then I Happened to You Know Get Into Maddock Films by Selling My Music which I Developed Over Covid and You Know Fortunately y form be in Maddock Films.
So, your real journey began at maddock
I had the good fortune of assisting Amar Kaushik Sir on a Film Called Bhediya Where I also Body Body Doubled For Varun Dhawan and I did a lot of his action sequences and you know standing in and his lenie I and this I lete was done With Bhediya and I Worked In a Casting Agency Called Anti-Casting as a Casting Assistant and I Auditioned for Another Maddock Project which I Deidn Bollywood I Days The Day The Dey the TEST TEST That film was shelved . So, it was a long waiting process and then somewhere in 2021 I was onboard for Sky Force.
How do you look back on the experience of working in Sky Force?
It was honestly a Memorable Experience Getting in Character for Squadron Leader T. Krishna Vijaya. I haad read always monk econd one Being gwalior where they have the third one being lohegaon where they have the sukhoi 30s and then suratgarh in rajasthan where they had the mig 21s. Post That I was at the Delhi Headquarters and I Ended Up Making Some Making, Really Good Friends With Squadron Leaders who are my aage who they live their life for the country I kind of got thee swagger the style, The walk, the stance etc. and beCause I spent a lot of time in the bases I tried to make it my second nature of the way I was sitting the way These are the things that I will picked up from them.
What Did Your Preparation for the Role Entail?
My preparation was in three parts, the first one being my acting training where I want to a number of workshops, and I triad to get that part of my personality out. The second part was you know spending time at the air force bases with real officers and being in touch with them constantly and perfecting the salute the handshake the walk the sitting poster ining right. I am a slightly heavy person I lost all my body fat all my muscle mass, and I get super-lean, and I mainTaned an eight pack through the shooting the shop Fit Your legs otherwise you’ll not be removed to eject. So, I put a huge emphasis on the body type of a fighter pilot, and I also had the good fortune of flying in a real fighter jet to understand it is to take it. I am a licensed pilot…
You actually fly planes?
I did become of the film, and I took that options to really learn and experience that if the person is acting is all about living and I really, really wanted to do this so I couted to the bill. Then towards the end of the film we were able to meet the Vijaya Family. MRS. Vijaya Who’s 90 Years Old She Gave Us Some Insights and Some Anecdotes about Her Husband And What His Personality was that and Luckily You Know We Had Pretty Much Matched that In the Film and Keept ITHENTIC.
What was it like working with Akshay Kumar?
Akshay sir is a gem of a person I was very very needed and petrified before we started shooting But honestly when I met Heim, He was the nicest warmest most comforting most welcoming person ever. In one second he broke the ice even though I was nervous and he could sense it and he’s a very hungry passionate actor and he wants to get it right, so he would reerese with me would do lines many Times and we would do different ways of doing it and we would play Around in the Scene and We Really Enjoyed It He Would Set the Mood Sometimes. He would tell us stories and beCause we We WEDE WERE Emotional Film That’s Based on A True Event it was a little in intense to shoot so he would help us get in and out the outspoint FILM ASHOUSE it. So it was a huge huge blessing to have an action superstar as my co-star. He taught me the run for the camera he taught me how to take impact on a mattress he taugt me how to dance for camera in all it was like Attending Film School Share screen with him on my first movie.
In Hindsight, do you feel that this privatege that the trolls are targeting you for, is more a disadvantage than an advantage?
Not at all, sir. I’ve worked very hard to be here you know i’ve had a 10 and a half year journey behind the camera and people do’s’t really Know I am. People Never Took an interest in my life. In Fact, on my trailer launch even though I was sharing the poster with akshay sir and my name was on the poster, a journey at the trailer launch addressed me by another name. Nobody knew who I was. But since I’ve been trolled so much and there is so much on social media about me, now I guess I don’t need to introduce myself anymore so I think if I look at positivite
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