Akshay Oberoi Resumes Shooting Under ‘New Normal’, Finds It Abnormal

OTT and film actor Akshay Oberoi seen  in hit digital series  like Selection Day and Magic  has  returned to shooting.

Sharing  the  experience,  Oberoi says,  “It was wonderful to be back on  a set. I’ve been  missing it like crazy. I was wrapping up a project I did for MX player. Nikhil Rao the owner of Jamic films, the ad agency, directed it and it was the most fun I’ve had in ages. Nikhil is a brilliant director. And it’s been shot by the legendary KU Mohanan.”

   Akshay has  an unusual role in this film. “I play a junkie who ends up discovering his own drug, a sort of mind enhancing one, and starts to sell it. It stars me, Ranvir Shorey and Swetha Basu Prasad. Should be out soon.”

 About shooting with  masks  and social  distancing  Akashay feels it is  not  the right way to shoot.  “I am positive that this won’t be the way forward though.This can’t be the new normal. Can’t work like this. It’s restrictive.”

   Akshay finds social distancing  to be  restrictive. “In  one take I felt like hugging my co-star.It felt like the right impulse for the scene. And then suddenly I was thinking about Covid and whether it’s appropriate or not. That really throws you out of the scene. Hard to be in the moment. But perhaps it’s just a matter of getting used to?”