EXCLUSIVE: Harman Singha Admits Feeling ‘Genuine Pressure’ On Joining The Family Man 3 Cast; Says, “I Was Quite Nervous”

During an exclusive chat recently, 'Yatish Chawla' Harman Singha opened up about joining the cast of The Family Man, the pressure he felt given that he had to leave an impact with his performance as well as his bond with co-star 'Zoya' Shreya Dhanwanthary. Read on to know all he shared.

Harman Singha On Joining The Cast Of The Family Man 3

When asked if he felt any pressure joining the cast of a show like The Family Man in its third season and having to leave a mark with his performance, Harman Singha said, “Prepping for the role did reduce over the course of the schedule. I was quite nervous. There was genuine pressure because before the first day of my shoot, I think a week before it was announced that Jaideep Alawat sir joins the cast of Family Man. So the pressure kept mounting till the first day.”

Talking about how the makers helped his ease into the role and the show, Singha continued, “But I have to give it to Raj sir, DK sir, Tushar sir and Suman sir. who just like eased me through the show with such a deft touch. He always told me that the first take is yours, whatever you have prepared, whatever acting you know, show everything. We will tweak the character and I had gotten a lot of good character notes from all of them when we met in the conference room, when I read the script.”

Harman: The First Day Was Very Nerve-Wracking

Talking about his first day on set, Harman Singha continued, “I had gone to their office a couple of times. The style of working with Raj and DK is beautiful. They get people… who you know they’ve tested and they like their work and they’ve auditioned them and for me it was just the first day which was very nerve-wracking but as soon as I got on set then muscle memory kicked in I did something which they liked and then we kept tweaking Yatish as the scenes went by.”

The actor further said, “The first few scenes that I did was the office scenes with TASC (Threat Analysis and Surveillance Cell) and I have to give credit to all my co-actors especially Shreya who like really helped me throughout the process because she’s there From the first season, I think she understands the tone much better than anybody. So I just followed her lead.”

Harman Singha On Bond With ‘Zoya’ Shreya Dhanwanthary

Talking about working with Shreya Dhanwanthary and how their bond was off-camera, Harman Singha said, “Yes, it was completely the same off camera. Shreya and I became really good friends. It was actually like a long lost friend I’ve met. And I had seen Shreya from afar. I’d appreciate and admired her work. In fact, we both did a web series in 2016-17 – it released around the same time, hers was called Ladies Room, mine was Aisha: My Virtual Girlfriend. Since then I’ve known of her.”

He continued, “We have common friends but as soon as I met her… She is just a phenomenal human being (who is) very very compassionate very caring. She took Dhiraj Harsh and me under her wing; she took us to meet Sharib (Hashmi) and (Manoj Bajpayee) sir. For me the ice breaking that happened with all the groups in the crew was through Shreya, she was the one who was so open she used to always get everybody together so I have to thank Shreya for that for sure.”

About Harman Singha

Harman Singha is a well known Indian actor, writer, and television who is also the younger brother of popular actor and VJ Rannvijay Singha. Harman has starred in several projects including Arranged Couple, Entanglement, The Family Man (Season 3), Call me Bae, Potluck, and more. Initially part of the Merchant Navy, Harman made his big-screen debut in Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, wherein he played Dharmendra’s character’s younger self.

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