After first taking the web by storm along with his sketches after which creating the hit comedy-drama internet collection Dhindora for his YouTube channel BB Ki Vines, content material creator and actor Bhuvan Bam has now turned to the larger small display. This week, he makes his streaming debut with Taaza Khabar, through which he performs the position of Vasant, a sanitation employee who probabilities upon magical powers. The present has Bam working as soon as once more with director Himank Gaur and writers Hussain and Abbas Dalal. Bam described the present as “musically wealthy” — the soundtrack has 11 songs, together with numbers by Parikrama, Naezy, Mohan Kannan and Bam himself. All episodes of Taaza Khabar can be found to stream on Disney+ Hotstar.
Listed below are edited excerpts of our dialog with Bam:
What about your character in Taaza Khabar appealed to you?
Sooner or later, I used to be sitting and we had simply completed writing one scene from Dhindora and we had been having dinner. Then Hussain bhai checked out me and mentioned, “Bhuvan, pata hai jaadu aur chamatkar fundamental farq kya hota hai? (Are you aware the distinction between magic and miracles?)” I’m like, “Abhi koi joke aayega (There’ll be a joke now). He mentioned, “Jaadu dhoke se hota hai aur chamatkar yaqeen se hota hai. (One is born of deception, and the opposite, of perception.)” I requested him, “Isko Dhindora me dalte hai? (Let’s put this line in Dhindora?)” He’s like, “Nahi, it is a separate story.” We completed Dhindora that night time. And we then sat on Taaza Khabar and he narrated it to me, the gist of it. I liked it. A number of weeks later, I referred to as him up and mentioned, “Bhai the plan remains to be on, proper?” So we began growing it critically. However other than that, coming from comedy area to this area the place I’ve to play a dramatic position, was a leap of religion for me and I actually needed to discover this. After the tenth character in BB Ki Vines, I knew I needed to get into performing. Vasant Gawde, which is the identify of the character [in Taaza Khabar], I’m treating as my twenty second character.
As an actor, you will have gone from pulling off a number of roles without delay to now specializing in one character at a time. What’s more durable?
That is more durable as a result of firstly I have been doing that since seven years. I do know the ins and outs. After I’m doing that, the edit is consistently occurring in my head whereas I am performing… However right here loads is determined by how the opposite actors are performing as nicely. You by no means know what the opposite individual goes to offer. It is all the time a thriller, and you need to solely focus in your factor as a result of you aren’t enjoying their character. … I by no means thought that I can be sharing the display with Deven Bhojani Sir. Dekh Bhai Dekh, Sara Bhai vs Sara Bhai, Workplace-Workplace…such an enormous discipline of labor he has. It is simpler to be an editor right here, however very troublesome to be an actor since you are working with legends and you need to just remember to do not fumble. Udhar toh I can fumble as a result of I do know that samne bhi fundamental hello hu, pichhe bhi fundamental hu, par yaha you may’t take that danger (Whereas capturing YouTube movies, I’ve the freedom to fumble as a result of it’s simply me. Right here, I am unable to take that danger.)