Ali Fazal opens up on slipping into depression after 3 Idiots; says, ‘I was crushed at that point’

Actor Ali Fazal is currently gearing up for the release of Ray that premieres on June 25 on Netflix. He will be seen in Episode two that is titled Forget Me Not, and he is playing Ipsit. It is directed by Srijit Mukherji. In an interview, Ali revealed that he slipped into depression when he did 3 Idiots. Ali played a cameo, Joy Lobo in Rajkumar Hirani’s 3 Idiots.

In an interview with PeepingMoon, Ali said he went into depression when he started with 3 Idiots. “I played a small role in it. Do you know what happened? Suddenly they were doing some news pieces, not to sound morbid or anything but at that time, some college students had harmed themselves, and then I got a call from some news channel saying, ‘Sir, you’ve played this role and this is exactly what has happened. How do you feel about it?’”, said Ali. He added that he was crushed at that point as he was naive and was in his second year of college.

He further said, “I went into depression and I told Raju sir (Rajkumar Hirani) and all these people and they said, ‘please don’t do this. Tell them to talk to the producer and don’t feel like this’.”

For the unversed, in 3 Idiots, Ali played the role of an engineering student Joy Lobo, who commits suicide for not being able to complete his final year project on time. The movie also starred Aamir Khan, R Madhavan, and Sharman Joshi.

 

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Apart from Ray, Ali Fazal will also be seen in Fukrey 3, Happy Now Bhaag Jayegi, and Death On The Nile.

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