Actor Akshay Oberoi is basking in the success of his latest release, Siddharth Anand's Fighter. The film released in January this year. In this episode of The Stars Live Here, The Quint visited Akshay's house in Mumbai and spoke to him about his decision to become an actor, when he moved to India from the United States, working with Siddharth, Deepika, Hrithik in Fighter, what he learnt from facing multiple rejections, and more.
Speaking about the number of auditions he did Akshay said, "I might have done like a thousand auditions in Bombay so far, and IMDb has around 47 credits to my name so you can imagine how many times I have been rejected. However, after the 100th rejection I convinced myself that I'll go in there and act as well as I can in the brief time given to me. And auditions are a weird process. You don't know much about the script or the character but you have to go there and sell yourself. I think the best way to go about it is to go for the audition and forget about it."
Akshay added that an actor can only survive if he/she has the ability to digest rejections.
He also touched upon what the most challenging part of his journey was.
"When you put your heart and soul into something and nobody watched it, it really hurts. It may have been critically acclaimed, but the audience has no clue it exists. That happened with me so many times. It happened with 'Laal Rang,' 'Gurgaon,' 'Pizza,' 'Kaalakaandi.' They were all great parts, but no one watched it."Akshay Oberoi, Actor
Akshay also spoke about whether being out there and promoting yourself translates to getting work. "I wish it could be just about the work, but you have to promote yourself."
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