Amol Parashar: ‘I have been wanting to hold a gun and shout expletives’

Amol Parashar (right) Nimrat Kaur. Pics/X, Instagram

Amol Parashar was harbouring a wish for long. He wanted to wield a gun in front of the camera. Oddly, directors could not imagine the actor, who has shown his prowess in comedy with Tripling, Cash (2021) and Sweet Dreams, in such roles - until now. Parashar will soon be seen in an inheritance drama, which co-stars Nimrat Kaur and is directed by Sahir Raza, who previously helmed Illegal - Justice Out of Order.

Naturally, the actor is excited to portray an intense role after starring in a slew of feel-good stories. "It is an inheritance drama, a genre I haven't done yet. I have been wanting to hold a gun, shout some expletives, kill someone or get killed. I was not getting any of those roles for some reason, until this," he says of the yet-untitled series. The show, shot over three months, was wrapped up last May. Parashar adds, "It's the darkest story I've ever been a part of. I am playing such a maniac that it was liberating as an actor."

Eager to shed the boy-next-door image, he credits Ektaa R Kapoor for imagining him in a different role when no one else did. "After Tripling, everyone said I was too urban. That's when Ektaa approached me for Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare [2021], where I played a small-town boy," says the actor, who also has Gram Chikitsalaya and Nausikhiye lined up.