Shreya Mukherjee (HINDUSTAN TIMES; July 9, 2020)

These unprecedented times are all the more difficult for those staying away from home, says actor Angad Bedi, who recently flew down to Delhi to spend time with his parents. “I usually come for a couple of days every month, but this time, I hadn’t seen them for over three months. Number of (Coronavirus) cases in Delhi shooting the roof got me all the more worried,” he says.

However, upon returning to Mumbai, Bedi says he might quarantine away from home while shooting for his web series, MUMbhai, for the sake of his daughter, Mehr. “I had started shooting for MumBhai when the lockdown happened. This gap actually didn’t benefit me. For an artiste, athlete or performer, this period was like rusting, not resting,” he opines.

Bedi’s next big screen outing Gunjan Saxena starring actor Janhvi Kapoor is now set for a direct-to-OTT release. Is he happy about this? “Everybody is watching everything on the web these days,” he continues, “Be it The Verdict: State v/s Nanavati or Inside Edge (his previous web projects), I know the kind of reach web has. Also, theatres are yet to open and even if they do, I’m not sure how many will take the risk of going out.”

“Amitabh Bachchan-Ayushmann Khurrana’s film Gulabo Sitabo and even films of Alia Bhatt, Abhishek Bachchan and Akshay Kumar are releasing online. It’s the same for us all. We want maximum people to watch our work,” says the actor, 37, adding that one needs to keep avenues open during such a crisis.