Nikhil Dwivedi: Nagin is the most organic woman superhero character

The actor, who plays a pivotal role in the latest Sony LIV hit series, Scam 1992, speaks about his role in the series, being an outsider in Bollywood, and about the upcoming Nagin trilogy

Bhuvanesh Chandar

(Originally written on 9th November 2020)

The 1983 World Cup-winning Indian Cricket Team – that’s what actor Nikhil Dwivedi likens the cast and crew of Hansal Mehta’s Scam 1992 to. “I’ve never seen a coming together of such forces, and each of them gave their maximum output.” The cast of the Sony LIV series ranges from the relatively new Pratik Gandhi to a seasoned Rajat Kapoor, and the show has an IMDB rating of 9.6. About the hugely positive reception, Nikhil says, “All of us expected a good reception to the series, but none of us expected that it’d be this big.”

While Nikhil’s finance MBA background helped in portraying Tyagi, the head of a despotic money market cartel, he says an actor cannot always depend on such real-life experiences when bringing a character to life. “If I play a doctor tomorrow, I don’t have to learn medical sciences. It’s more important to understand what the doctor goes through, what his emotions will be while treating a patient, etc – that’s the actor’s job.”

Read the full interview here:

https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2020/nov/09/nikhil-dwivedi-no-insider-sabotaged-my-success-in-bollywood-21219.html