The actor speaks on refusing to be typecast and trusting instinct over labels when it comes to choosing roles
Pratik Gandhi moves between roles with the ease of a shape-shifter, turning each character into a test of instincts and conviction. Fresh from playing a sharp-witted secret agent in Netflix's taut espionage thriller Saare Jahan Se Accha, he now steps into what may be the most challenging role of his career -- portraying Mahatma Gandhi in Hansal Mehta's upcoming series Gandhi, based on Ramachandra Guha's books.
"It's daunting when you're portraying someone as revered and extensively chronicled as Gandhi," Pratik admits. "He has been seen, studied, interpreted by so many. Finding my own path took effort." The project has become the first Indian series to have its world premiere in the prestigious Primetime programme at the Toronto International Film Festival.