Ranveer Singh: “I Used To Be A Struggler & I Used To Sit At Prithvi Theatre With 2-3 Others Like Me”

Ranveer Singh gave us a huge surprise on his social media as he uploaded a major throwback image that disclosed that he had tried his hands at the theatre before his big debut in Band Baaja Baarat. The English play Carry On at the Keyhole was a comedy and was directed by Dinkar Jani. Ranveer made an impact even with his small role and reminisces his days when he was a rank outsider and a struggler looking to make his mark in Bollywood.

Ranveer says, “This is a poster for a small play in which I had a small part and the story goes that I used to be a struggler and I used to sit at Prithvi theatre with 2-3 others like me. We used to just sit there every day, look for odd jobs. One of them got information that an audition is happening in a college in Andheri for a small role in a small play and nobody wanted to go – I said I’ll go because I didn’t have anything at that time!”

He adds, “I thought to myself – ‘Acting acting hoti hai – koi bada chota kya hota hai.’ I went for the audition, I got the part and they were very impressed by my acting. When we put up the performance – I remember one was at St Andrews and even then I felt proud when I was performing at St Andrews stage because I used to perform on St Andrews stage as a student when I was in school. So, you know we had a few performances, I had the role of an interior decorator who was posing to be a homosexual man in order to attract more business and it was an old English double meaning comedy play that was headlined by Darshan Jariwala and directed by Dinkar Jani.”