Vikrant Massey rejected TV's offer of Rs 35 lakh to make a career in films

Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s 12Fail has taken Vikrant Massey to a position in the industry where every actor dreams of reaching. But it was not so easy for Vikrant Massey to leave the small screen and create his own identity in films. He was rejected in the audition of his first film Lootera. At the time when Vikrant Massey was looking for good opportunities for himself in films, small screen artists were not taken seriously in films. Vikrant Massey is a big name of TV, when he thought of making a career in films, he used to get Rs 35 lakh per month in serials, but he rejected the offer of Rs 35 lakh from TV to make a career in films. A chance. Recently, during an interview, Vikrant Massey said, ‘At the same time, one of my TV shows ‘Baba Aisa Var Dhondho’ had just ended. I was thinking whether to do a new show or this film. Then casting director Atul Mongia called me for the audition of ‘Lootera’. This was the first audition of my life, but I was rejected. But the actor who was going to play this character refused two weeks before the shooting. Then I got a call and I did this film. It was just a game of luck. I consider myself very lucky that I got the opportunity to work with good directors continuously in films, Vikrant Massey decided to leave TV for films at a time when he was getting Rs 35 lakh per month on television. Vikrant Massey says, when I started working in films, everyone spoke in English and I was weak in English at that time. Film actors hate TV actors a lot. Vikrant Massey says, I am not saying that this has happened to me there, but generally filmmakers do not take TV actors seriously. Film people think that TV actors roam around with bodies, that’s all. It was a challenge for me to prove myself. I have only one mentality that whatever work I get in a film, I have to do it well with complete honesty.