With cinema releases, other factors can be used to explain the fate of a film.

With OTT, you can accept if something works or not based primarily on the content and performances. OTT has provided a level playing field in the sense that films, whether they are well made or not, are also dependent on the kind of release they get. So do you think OTT has helped actors like yourself? OTT helps good actors not disappear into oblivion. I have received text messages saying, ‘you have great potential’. Special Ops has become my most popular work, and after watching it, many from the younger generation are now seeing my other work retrospectively. When a film releases in theatres, there are so many other things at play too, such as show timings, screens, etc. That was the litmus test and passing that is a different thrill altogether. At the same time I found it quite pleasing that the show was appreciated and that too with the remote in the hand of the viewer. I have faced both failure and success, and even experienced films not releasing at all, so I have come to a state of equanimity. Were you surprised by the response to season one? You do this by keeping intelligence intact because as you grow older, intelligence becomes wisdom, which I hope I have acquired after 27 years in this profession. I have to be able to convey that this person could become the Himmat Singh I have seen before. Then bringing the spirit of youth is not very difficult. It might just be that both their professions are the same. That person is more important, and each person is different. When I am playing Mahesh or Suresh, I am not a cop. What I do is to start with a clean slate-without ego or any problems, by negating Kay Kay Menon-and then begin forming that person.

For example, he might be a RAW agent, but I am playing Himmat Singh. My approach to acting is to focus on the person more than the role. That’s where my process comes in as an advantage. What is your process for finding the note for the younger version of a character you have played before? In season 1.5, you play a younger Himmat Singh. Neeraj also is a very instinctive writer, and his skills are so well-honed that it becomes very easy for the actor. The story, screenplay, etc., is the creator’s lookout. What I am doing at this moment is of the utmost importance. There is no point in thinking of something else when doing one thing. Once it is done and dusted, then one can come to the next one.

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