television actor abhishek bose who plays the lead in the serial netaji is feeling nostalgic today the shooting of this period drama will come to a conclusive end on july 31 after being telecast for one and a half years abhishek was selected after several rounds of auditions for the lead role playing subhash chandra bose on screen was a dream come true for me i am feeling very upset after shooting for the final episode today i prepared a lot to play the role of netaji i read several books and also watched films made on the freedom fighter i even did my own haircut and makeup to look like netaji im definitely feeling emotional but the grief of the wrap up is somehow being surpassed by the blessings of thousands of people who have loved me playing subhas chandra bose this serial has taught me a lot of things i thank god for this lifetime opportunity said the actorthe members of the cast and the entire unit had become like one big family for abhishek the set of the serial feels like my second home and all my coactors and unit members are my extended family i am going to miss each one of them he added abhishek also shared a nostalgic post on his social media account today about the shoot coming to an endsharing his experience of shooting some of the final episodes in the new normal abhishek shared i was glad to be back on the sets after a long gap and it took me a week to get adjusted to the new normal none of us were used to wearing masks for the whole day on the sets also at every point be it on or off the camera we had to consciously maintain social distancing with each other shooting an emotional or a dramatic scenes used to be a tad difficult during the lockdown some of my colleagues from the industry shot from their homes on mobile phones but with netaji this wasnt possible as a lot of time and effort went behind getting the look right which wasnt easy to execute from homeabhishek is also planning to take a break for some months now before signing on for any new project he said i have to change my look first now i have gained decent amount of weight for netaji and my head is also shaved so now i need to get back to my previous self before i take up any new project