Mohit Malik CALLS OUT TV’s laid-back attitude, film debut, Bigg Boss, financial crunch, masculinity

Actor Mohit Malik opens his Safe Space aka his home for an exclusive, emotional chat with Bollywood Bubble where he traces his journey from TV to his Bollywood debut Azaad. Mohit shares anecdotes from his struggle days in Mumbai, how he became a TV actor, gruelling work conditions on sets and being part of the small screen’s golden era shows. In conversation with host Ankita Bhalla, Mohit talks about the attitude problem in TV fraternity nowadays as a cause of poor content, why he is extremely choosy to pick a show, his unwillingness to sign Bigg Boss and never giving up TV for films.

He discusses being out of work right after his marriage, making a comeback by slashing more than half of his fee, wife Aditi taking over the financial responsibilities, their love story, the toxic masculinity mindset in society. Mohit addresses how people in the film industry changed after his big ticket film debut, the evolution of contemporaries like Vikrant Massey, taking two decades to make the big screen move, why he didn’t believe he wasn’t cut out for films and acting on his terms, being his safest space to be in!