Showing posts with label Bhay: The Gaurav Tiwari Story. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bhay: The Gaurav Tiwari Story. Show all posts
After a successful release, I was at home for nearly two years, lost crucial time in my career-Karan Tacker
3:12 PM
Neha Maheshwri (MUMBAI MIRROR; January 29, 2026)
Karan Tacker has steadily built a presence in the OTT space. His journey began with Special Ops, followed by Khakee: The Bihar Chapter, and most recently Bhay: The Gaurav Tiwari Mystery.
Talking about what drew him to Bhay, Tacker says, “It is Gaurav Tiwari’s story, all the way. He came to Mumbai to become an actor but couldn’t crack it because he couldn’t do ‘ji huzoori’ and eventually became a trained pilot in the US. After a paranormal incident, he studied metaphysics, returned to India, practised it, and died a mysterious death at 32, within eight years.”
Ask him how he navigated the ‘ji huzoori’ norm often associated with showbiz, and he replies, “I have no complaints about my career. Every industry has its own challenges, and I am happy to embrace the challenges of the industry I am part of.”
Reflecting on his career journey, he says the most difficult part has been navigating the industry’s unpredictable phases.
“The first season of Special Ops, which was meant to be my big entry into the OTT space, released on the day India went into lockdown. As an actor, you expect momentum after a successful release, but instead, I was at home for nearly two years and lost crucial time in my career. When Khakee released, the industry was going through a slowdown, and there was barely any work. Dealing with these circumstances has been my biggest challenge.”
He adds, “I try to choose projects that excite and challenge me as an actor, but long gaps disrupt momentum. Since I don’t come from any kind of backing, phases like these make it even harder to stay visible and understand what works at a given point.”
You don’t write ‘OTT actor Vijay Varma’ or ‘OTT actor Jaideep Ahlawat’-Karan Tacker
11:20 AM
Ready with his web show Bhay: The Gaurav Tiwari Story, Karan Tacker rues that the industry typecasts and looks down on actors from television
Priyanka Sharma (MID-DAY; May 10, 2025)
Please tell me you are not scared of ghosts,” is the first thing Karan Tacker was told before he was offered Bhay: The Gaurav Tiwari Story. The actor, “petrified” of supernatural elements, was about to turn the show down when the makers suggested that he read the material before making up his mind. “I was instantly hooked,” laughs the actor.
The upcoming Amazon MX Player show is based on the true story of Gaurav Tiwari, a paranormal investigator, and his unusual death. Tacker says he found Tiwari fascinating. “Gaurav came from a well-to-do family in Delhi, left his father’s business to pursue acting in Mumbai unsuccessfully and became a pilot eventually. It was when he had an incident [while flying] that his curiosity on the paranormal was piqued,” he shares.
At a time when the industry is going through a slump, Tacker counts himself lucky to have projects lined up, including the web series Special Ops 2, and a film. The actor says his battle is of a different kind.
“To date, I have to keep fighting to prove that I’m not just an actor from television and I have more to offer. It’s sad that TV is looked down upon in the entertainment industry. If I want to do an article, my first insistence to my PR is, ‘Please make sure they don’t write TV actor Karan Tacker’. You don’t write ‘OTT actor Vijay Varma’ or ‘OTT actor Jaideep Ahlawat’. I don’t know why television actors get slotted so terribly. A casting director once told me, ‘I have 40 actors from film families that I need to cast. Where will I put a TV actor?’”
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