Actor Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor recently revealed that he was asked to ‘sound dumb’ in his interviews by film producers. He also recalled that after his debut film Mirzya, he always kept his guard up a little bit but before that he was always transparent and very honest. 

Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor is the son of actor Anil Kapoor and made his acting debut with the film Mirzya in 2016. The film was directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and also starred Saiyami Kher.

In a recent interview with Bollywood Bubble, Harsh Varrdhan said, "After Mirzya, I feel I always had my guard up a little bit. I was very open to talk and transparent and be very honest and sit down and have a normal chat. But after Mirzya I realized that I have to be a little conscious to what I say. When I sit down for an interview, I like to be honest but it’s up to the person on the other end of the interview to be able to say that ‘this guy is being honest and coming from a good place, he is confiding in me, so I also need to take care of him.”

He added, “Also, it was the fact that I was doing off-beat cinema. People have so much love for Anil Kapoor, that they have expectations that you have to be a certain way. As soon as you are different and embrace that individuality, it’s not going to be accepted right away. It would be naive to think that. Some producers told me that I need to sound dumb in my interviews. They told me that I come across as too intelligent and I am going to alienate the audience."

Harsh Varrdhan was also recently seen in the Netflix anthology series, Ray. He played the role of a self-involved film star named Vik. It also featured Radhika Madan and Chandan Roy Sanyal.

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