Actor Anurag Sinha has been basking in the success of his recently released web series, Taskaree: A Smuggler`s Web. His portrayal of Prakash Kumar, Assistant Commissioner of Customs in the series has been widely appreciated for its rawness and realism. When Anurag sat with mid-day, he spilt the beans on his character, his career in showbiz and even reacted if the show would return for a season 2.
Anurag Sinha about his role in Taskaree
Anurag opened up about his character in the series headlined by Emraan Hashmi, wherein he plays a customs officer, assigned as Assistant Commissioner of Customs to Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Mumbai International Airport to curb smuggling and corruption. He reveals that despite a simple role on books, he plays different shades. He shared, “So there are different shades I have played. These are some shades that I have not attempted before. But the arc and the journey of the character is such that it invites great intrigue, for me as an actor to explore my possibilities and explore new dimensions that I have not done before. So it was a great opportunity.”
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He further adds, “I have seen myself in lead roles. I have seen myself doing some good heroic stuff. But this was something different. Different in terms of the journey of the character and the impact that it has in the entire series.”
Anurag Sinha shares if Taskaree will come back for Season 2
While talking about the series, he expresses that viewers will want a season 2 after watching the series. When asked if a second season was on the cards, he responded, “That`s a very pre-emptive answer, but I don`t have any entitlement to tell you this. I don`t want to comment on it because it`s not my decision and I am not aware of it as of now.”
Anurag Sinha on his journey
Given his educational background in chemistry and entrepreneurship, his journey into movies was naturally driven by passion. Recalling how movies happened, he shares, “I have done chemistry honours from St. Stephen`s Delhi. And after that, I was not actually enjoying the way life was unfolding for me. So I wanted to pursue something that my heart.”
After a period of introspection, he said, “That`s where things changed for me. I had to take a call, and I had to speak to my parents. They were very, very supportive. And that`s how I went ahead, and then I did my acting diploma from the Film and Television Institute in Pune.”
Recalling how he bagged his first role in the critically acclaimed Black and White, directed by Subhash Ghai, he reveals, “I performed a play in Bandra and all the directors and the producers were invited to that show, and I had no clue who had watched me, what had happened. We were very naive and immature back then. A few days late,r I get a call that Subhash Ghai wants to meet me and there is something that he wants to discuss.”
Talking about his first meeting with the ace director, he shares, “I went and the first question I asked him that why are you taking me?” Later, he shares how the director narrated the story to him for three hours. He adds, “He was gracious enough to tell me what it is and all of that. I liked it, and I was on board. He had seen me performing, and that was good enough for him to understand.”
