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SUMEET VYAS

The versatile actor has created his own niche, driven by his personal journey and focus on consistent evolution.

Y ou’d be forgiven for thinking that Sumeet Vyas has of entertainment. Sumeet realised that for
him, the special extra was a dedication to
been a fixture in the cinematic world for more than
his actual share of time. That’s because there is a the storyline and a technical knowledge of
controlled edge to him. When he speaks, it’s with the the movie-making process.
calm, old-time sensibility of someone who’s seen it all. In “I also write, so I know exactly where
a way, though, he has—his work has seen him play the writer is coming from. I’m able to
understand the basics; like, if the character
relatable characters on stage and on-screen, including in
HAIR JAVED SHEIKH EXPLORE A CITY... Permanent Roommates, TVF Tripling, and Veere Di I’m going to play makes a difference to
the plot. That’s essentially what I look
Wedding. He seems to have found his bearings with a
“...not the hotspots, but
silent fluidity, an attribute he also carries in real life.
for. It took me a few years to understand
walking through the city
Sumeet began his journey at the age of 17, much
what kind of performance I’m capable of
and doing the local
stuff. That’s when you
get to experience what before becoming one of the posterboys of digital and delivering, and what I bring to the table that
no one else does or can. That, I think, will
streaming entertainment. “I went to watch a play and
life is like if you were to
BRAJ BHASKAR CHAURASIA than me planning it.” my college. It was how I learnt my art,” he says. With definition of success that has played a role
really define me as an actor,” he says.
immediately fell in love with the medium, and that’s
live there. I like travel to
More than anything, it is Sumeet’s
essentially how it started. Theatre became my schooling,
happen to me, rather
no prior induction, he immersed himself into the
in driving him forward. No matter what the
A REDISCOVERY
journey, you have to be able to stand on
craft solely because he wanted to do what he saw. His
“Rajasthan is my home,
so I’ve been there a lot.
professional development aside, it also set him on a
your own to go the distance. And, as he’s
But, recently, I drove
proven to himself, be able to look within.
personal journey to discover what made him different,
the length of Rajasthan
liked, just because I
do anything else, so I’m going to be doing
But, as everyone knows, any journey requires
MAKEUP and stopped wherever I and what he needed to do to create his own idiom. “I’m here for the long haul. I don’t want to
wanted to. I also
this successfully, or unsuccessfully, until I
passion. And, more than that, there has to be something
realised that my
physically can.” And, he’s doing just that.
more that fuels one’s drive, especially in the business
hometown is beautiful.”