Last month, comedian-actor Sunil Grover shared on Instagram a video of him sitting in the midst of vegetable vendors, selling garlic. Explaining Grover says: “I feel good looking at life from their perspective. Someday, I want to open all these shops and do all kinds of things.”

The 42-year-old adds, “I spend as much time with them as I can. By sitting with them, you can look at life through their eyes. And it’s not now... Since childhood, I’ve been fascinated by [such] things.”

On the work front, Grover has two major projects in the pipeline — Sunflower season 2 and (film) Blackout. Opening up about his journey, he says, “Comedy is a difficult form of art, so is acting. The approach to both the things is very different. While transitioning from comedy to acting, there were challenges. I give credit to Ali Abbas Zafar (director) especially, for believing I can pull off Bharat (2019). Mostly, makers have an image about comedians. They think, ‘Log hassne lag jaenge kya?’ [One must] think beyond what one has been doing.”