'Seeing My Name Next To Anthony Hopkins Was Like A Dream', Adarsh Gourav On Losing BAFTA Award

¡®I don¡¯t think anybody deserved to win more than him¡¯, says Adarsh Gourav after he lost the BAFTA best actor trophy to him.

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The White Tiger star Adarsh Gourav became a sensation overnight with his outstanding performance as Balram Halwai in the said film. The 26-year-old was even nominated in BAFTA best actor category along side Anthony Hopkins and many other biggies.

However, the actor couldn¡¯t win, but he has no regrets and rather calls himself privileged to share the same category with the living legend.

Indiatimes got candid with Adarsh and spoke to him about losing the trophy to Anthony Hopkins, his journey and more.

To begin with, we told him that he was trending on social media along with Anthony Hopkins and asked what was that feeling like, he replied,

¡°I am just so honoured to be in the same list of Anthony Hopkins, Chadwick Bosemen and all these legends. I feel it¡¯s a great start I have gotten off too. I also want to push my boundaries and do great characters¡±.

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When asked what was the feeling when he lost the best actor trophy, he said,

¡°I am a huge fan of Anthony Hopkins; I don¡¯t think anybody deserved to win more than him. I have been a fan when I was a young boy and just to see my name written next to him was almost like a dream. It is overwhelming for me. I guess, the fact that maybe Anthony Hopkins probably knew that I was one of the leads running in the award list, so I don¡¯t think I would have asked for anything more."

Adarsh has seen the fame at a peak at a very young age, we asked if he ever in his wildest dreams, thought that The White Tiger would become so big for him, he said,

¡°No not at all. Of course, I knew it was going to be a big film, but I don¡¯t think anybody thinks about the outcome, that time we were only thinking about making a great film. The end goal in mind was to make a film that we will give great experience to the audience. ¡°

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Well, the journey has just started for Adarsh and he cannot survive on that one-hit fame for life, when asked if he is ready to face the music as he has no backing or godfather in the industry, he said

¡°I am just fortunate that I am getting work, and it is such a great time to be an actor right now because everybody is getting good work, whether you come from a filmy background or not. As long as you are ready to work hard, there are lots of opportunities. And I don¡¯t see star kids getting more opportunities as a problem.

I have been doing some great work, from last November. I am working on something and especially with the kind of people I really want. So yes, I am reading a lot of scripts, I am auditioning, so I just hope everything works out.¡±

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Talking about his journey Adarsh said,

¡°I started acting when I was 13 years old. One of my experiences in acting was in school and then around the same time I got My Name Is Khan, that was my first shot, then I auditioned for a lot of films, and kept getting the part.

I have been here since a while and I have really enjoyed a lot. I have learnt from each project. I feel I am fortunate to get the right film at the right time.

I have seen tough times, I had my mom paying my rent, but I feel there are many who have seen tougher times than me. I just want to work hard and put my passion in a right direction."

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Further adding, he said, ¡°Everybody goes through a struggle, depends on how you take it. I still doubt myself, I am sometimes low on confidence, but I just keep my focus and keep moving, every actor goes through this, that is also a journey.¡±

On being asked about favouritism happening in the industry, he said,

¡°I have not experienced that. Also, I feel parents who have worked very hard to achieve what they have today and if they want their child to have the privilege if they have talent then there's nothing wrong in that. For example, we have Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor; one cannot imagine the industry without them. They are great actors and I really look up to their work.¡±

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The boy has indeed come a long way in a short span and is here to conquer.