Actor Amit Sadh has a complicated relationship with social media and doesn’t want to be consumed by it. In fact, there are days when he ponders ditching it for good. Earlier this month, Sadh made a comeback to Twitter, but his posts are only restricted to his work or occasional musings as an actor. Even on Instagram, which he partially quit last year, the posts are sporadic.

Sadh says, “I don’t like telling people that ‘I have arrived in Zurich now and the lake is very good’. I don’t like posting my workouts anymore either. I don’t like exhibiting my privileges. That’s the phase I am in right now.”

“People should respect that my job is not to put pictures on Instagram. My job is to make good films, so that I can come make people happy and inspire them,” the Shakuntala Devi (2020) actor says, adding, “I don’t know how long I will be on Instagram and Twitter. I’m a comfortable and contended person. The reason I have my account is because I have my work released. But if someone tells me that if I am not on social media, my career won’t work, then the first thing I will do is shut them off.”

The 38-year-old shares that he “would like to write a book on the “very vicious circle” of social media and “how people are buying likes and comments”.

He also points out how many actors in the West aren’t on social media and admits that his fans are one of the biggest reasons behind his little presence in the virtual world. “I respect my fans a lot. When I have the energy to engage, I come online, and at that time, they are very welcoming,” Sadh ends.