Darsheel Safary, the adorable misunderstood daydreamer of the Aamir Khan starrer Taare Zameen Par is all grown up now and says that theatre is his first love. He’s coming back to acting after 10 long years in Abhishek Pattnaik’s play Can I Help You.
Also starring in his theatrical comeback are veteran actors Ananth Mahadevan and Dalip Tahil. This time he plays the part of a cricket crazy suicidal teenager in the comic play.
Watch our candid chat with the budding actor as he tells us all about his new play and filmi ambitions.
(This story is from The Quint’s archives and was first published on 5 October 2016. It is being republished on Darsheel Safari’s birth anniversary.)
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