in lucknow to shoot for a web project the scam 1992 fame actor pratik gandhi talked about how life has changed postscams success his future projects and how he is looking for a hit film excerptsthere is some vibe to lucknowhaving traveled to the city several times pratikshared a few years back i would come to lucknow almost every monthread alsoshould a film be judged by box office numbers bigstoryare all films that earn 100crores good films are all films that fail to earn a good opening day numbers bad films are box office numbers authentic enough to be taken seriouslyi had a cement plant coming near lucknow in 2013 when i was in the job so i used to frequently travel here then at that time since the plant was in kundanganj i used to straightaway go there stay there and then travel back so i hardly got time to explore lucknow but yes even at that time i managed to buy chikan kurtas for myself being a vegetarian i had very less options for food in lucknow but i have tried the famous chaat here what i love the most about this city is that lucknow has still retained its character there is some vibe to it a lot of other cities look the same but lucknow ek dum alag shehar haipratik gandhi and inset in a still from scam 1992pratik gandhi and inset in a still from scam 1992my world completely changed after scamhaving left a job of 25 lakh per anum in 2016 to venture fulltime into acting ask pratik if the journey has been a fruitful one so far and he shares it has been a satisfying one the best part is that i kept doing what i wanted to despite several ups and downs along with my job i continued to do gujarati theatre and films then in august i finally quit my job to pursue a fulltime career in films wherein i did eight gujarati films and two hindi films mitron and loveyatri though bhavai was my first hindi film due to some reasons it was released much later and then came scam 1992 which changed everything for mepratik anticipated scam being a turning point in his career no never the only feeling i got while shooting scam was of satisfaction each day was quite fulfilling as i was working with the best of people like hansal mehta i used to tell hansal sir and the writers during the shoot of scam that i dont think yeh binge watch waala web show hai aaram aaram se people will watch it mujhe laga tha chalega but hit hoga to this level i never thought he says adding when hansal sir gave me the rough edit of scam he told me ki koi bhi naya kaam lene se pehle ruk jana let this release he said you dont know what you have done in this show everyone on the team asked me to wait and