EXCLUSIVE: Karan Tacker Recalls Being 22 As An Actor In Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan Era; Shares, “Doing TV Was The Only Option”

Karan Tacker recently reflected on starting his acting journey at the age of 22 during the era of Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, and Salman Khan. In an exclusive interview with Bollywood Bubble, he revealed that television was the only viable option to enter the industry at that time.

Karan Tacker Recalls Being 22 As An Actor In Shah Rukh, Aamir-Salman Khan Era

When asked about why he chose to do television at the beginning of his career, Karan said, “I was too young to become an actor in films. It’s not like koi 22-23 saal ka actor tha, I’m talking about the time of Shahrukh and Aamir and when they were reigning. They are still reigning, but I’m saying when they were in the prime of doing what they were, and Bollywood was very different as a business than what it is today.”

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He further added, “You see youngsters today, and you see very young actors today. But the general understanding of what an actor was very different, I remember even Abhishek Bachchan had his launch around when I was growing up and he was also in his late 20s or maybe early 30s I’m not quite sure but refugee right and he was like this man- man like when he came like but today’s let’s say the people who get launched are like boyish so at my time nobody was launching boys as film actors so there was no option but to do television or do theater.”

Karan opened up about the need for money. He said, “ Let’s say if I wanted to become an actor, but because I was not really an actor, going to the theatre would have been a very different journey, plus I also needed money. The whole idea was making money, and this industry definitely gives you more money than, let’s say, a job.”

Karan Tacker was last seen in Bhay: The Gaurav Tiwari Story, Special Ops 2 and Tanvi the Great.

Watch the full interview here

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