“Years of hard work, consistency, failing, falling, learning, giving up and then not giving up, that’s how I look at my journey,” says Amit Sadh, who had quite an eventful 2020. Be it Breathe - Into The Shadows, Yaara, Operation Parindey, Shakuntala Devi or Avrodh: The Siege Within, the actor, who had a string of films and web series that released this year, is grateful for the adulation his craft has received, but he says this isn’t “the year to celebrate”.

“I’m grateful for how this year has been professionally, but this isn’t the year to jump around, be happy because when you look around, you see so much despair and struggle,” he says.

Sadh, 41, has a few more projects coming up in 2021, and he says that he is particular about the projects that he chooses. “I don’t support movies that show women in bad light. We show girls on our shoulders in posters and I feel that’s not right. I’ve no inhibitions in taking a step back in a story and let the women take the lead. People misunderstand what real alpha male is. I believe women should be worshipped and men should be loved,” he states.

So how does Sadh look at his journey in the industry so far? “I don’t think everyone wants to work with me yet, but I want to work with everybody. I’m an artiste, I need to be humble. And it’s not about only taking the lead parts. Even if it’s a smaller part, people should be able to respect you. The audience understands art and talent and the change that’s happening now only validates the fact that honest effort is always appreciated,” he signs off.