after the success of hansal mehtas scam 1992 its face and lead actor pratik gandhihas become a household name so much so that anyone whos wanting to make anything in the film industry wants to work with pratik its literally like someone shone a 24x7 spotlight on the young man turning him into a sensation but pratik knows better than to bask in the gloryread alsoexclusive pratik gandhi during my first audition i felt i was at the wrong placepratik gandhi a well recognised personality in the gujarati theatre circuit has been crafting a niche for himself in the hindi film industry in an exclusive chat with etimes he opened up about his love for being a theatre artist and also shared his sweet real life love story with his wifethe industry would need some smart innovations pratik gandhithe actor talks about what dhollywood needs to do to bounce back from this situationtheatre has given me everything pratik gandhion world theatre day actor pratik gandhi talks about his fondest memories of being on stagehe draws wisdom from his modest background and middleclass upbringing and thats why he doesnt make any noise about his success nor about the plethora of opportunities at his disposal right now even as his next film bhavai courts controversy over a title change pratik gandhi plays it down and focuses on the next project speaking to etimes the young actor reveals the secrets to his modesty and reasons for his passion excerpts from the chatscam 1992 changed your life and today youre one of the most sought after actors in the hindi film industrythings have changed a lot there is a lot of excitement within the audience and the makers which is overwhelming for any actor i guess an actor dreams for such a phase where you are approached with good scripts and people have faith in your craft and they want to work with you i waited for this stage of life for almost 16 years it is an exciting time right now i feel really lucky to have scam 1992 as my first national release in fact it became international because of the ott since it is a long format show i got good enough time to dwell in the character and since the character was so well written i could portray a lot and in the end the character got loved by all even kids know the dialogues by heart that rarely happens these days how do you keep a level head after such huge successit is a personal trait it is your own experience in life that teaches you how to deal with such things where i come from the family upbringing whatever i have seen in life i know for sure that nothing is permanent it changes every second every day and more so my time in theatre taught me the same thing when you do the same play again and again you see that one show ends up being too