In the recent times, Akshay Oberoi has done work predominantly on the digital space. With projects such as It’s Not That Simple, Flesh, Selection Day, The Test Case, Illegal and Inside Edge under his belt, the actor says there exists in him no fear of being labelled.

He tells us, “I don’t care about being labelled, who cares about that? In fact, we need to get rid of labels. It (labelling) is so exhausting and such a waste of time. It holds people back. Even a TV actor shouldn’t be labelled as one. You are just doing your work as an actor. I don’t have any fear.”

And it is this fearlessness that has led him to make some rather interesting choices, in terms of his projects.

“In the past year alone, I have played a lawyer, a cricketer, a closeted person and a romantic guy from the 1980s. If I was afraid, I wouldn’t have done half the work I have done... I would have never played Taj in Flesh, which is a role of a bisexual person who is a drug addict and sex trade owner. I have been playing such a variety of roles that people can’t label me,” he says.

Though his work is mostly for the web, the 37-year-old feels that as an actor, one can explore OTT and big screen projects simultaneously, as he is doing. Two of his releases this year are set to hit theatres.

“One can do both. One can transition between web and films (now) a lot easier than in the past. I really hope that people get rid of this sort of thing. In the West, people do films, TV and digital work… the biggest of actors are doing work all over. I have never been shy of this. It has not bogged me down, nor have I had sleepless nights thinking about it. I just don’t care what medium it is in,” he signs off.