Actor Durgesh Kumar has been greatly appreciated for his performance in the recently released third season of Panchayat.
While Durgesh has been a part of the show since the first season, he had a long journey in the industry before he began to garner recognition.
In a chat with Josh Talks, Durgesh shared the ups and downs he faced in his professional life.
He also revealed that he auditioned for PK, but never got selected, and when he bagged Imtiaz Ali’s Highway, it came at the cost of his ouster from the NSD repertory.
He then told me that I bagged a role in Imtiaz Ali’s Highway.
Actor Durgesh Kumar has been greatly appreciated for his performance in the recently released third season of Panchayat. While Durgesh has been a part of the show since the first season, he had a long journey in the industry before he began to garner recognition. In a chat with Josh Talks, Durgesh shared the ups and downs he faced in his professional life. He also revealed that he auditioned for PK, but never got selected, and when he bagged Imtiaz Ali’s Highway, it came at the cost of his ouster from the NSD repertory.
Durgesh said, “A friend of mine who worked at Mukesh Chhabra’s casting agency called me to audition for PK, but later he informed me that I was not selected for the film. He then told me that I bagged a role in Imtiaz Ali’s Highway. It was a 45-day schedule from Gurgaon to Jammu and Kashmir. That time I took a 45-day leave from the repertory. Because of the rules, I was thrown out of the repertory. I felt very bad that time. It was a low point for me.”
