EXCLUSIVE: Amar Upadhyay speaks about the ‘lack of film offers’ after delivering blockbuster Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2

Actor Amar Upadhyay rose to fame after playing Mihir Virani in the hit TV show Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. He garnered so much fame from the role that people started seeing him as Mihir Virani and were not looking beyond that. He went on to star in Bollywood movies like Dhund: The Fog, LOC Kargil, Bob Biswas and others. Amar Upadhyay even played a pivotal role in the blockbuster movie Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 starring Kartik Aaryan. Despite that, Amar was not seen doing big projects.

During a candid conversation with Bollywood Bubble, Amar speaks about the lack of film offers post the success of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2. He said that there was a wait time of 6-7 months to do another project and he didn’t want to wait as he is a family man.

Amar Upadhyay on getting movie offers after Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2

Speaking about the same, Amar told us, “It’s not about the big screen that is not been listening to me. It’s my personal life that I am looking at. Every actor has to look at himself and how much he can wait for a certain thing. I have a family, I was married, I had kids, I didn’t want to wait for films to come to me. Films would have come to me after LOC Kargil, or Dhund: The Fog, Jodi Kya Banayi Wah Wah Ramji. Movies would have come to me but there were a couple of months that I had to wait for another film to start or 6-7 months and I didn’t want to wait as an actor and as a family man.”

“In between that Aruna Irani called me and told me, ‘Amar this is a role and I want you only to do that. I’ve tested 100 boys, I know you’re not doing TV but please come and meet me’. I knew once I met her I couldn’t say no to her. Aruna and I have a solid mother-son bond kind of thing. She called up so many times, my wife and I had ultimately gone and I did again. I came back so I didn’t want to wait so it’s upon an individual. If I wanted to wait then I would be in films only. But I don’t want but now one can do both,” the Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi actor said.

For the unversed, he played the role of Tabu’s disabled husband in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2. Amar Upadhyay is now starring in the TV show Doree along with Sudha Chandran. The show is been aired on Colors TV.

Watch the full interview here

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