Sudhanshu Pandey says 'The Traitors' was meditative, reveals why it was challenging Karan Johar: 'Don't remember the last time someone disrespected me'
has been a heartthrob since the 90s ever since people were introduced to 'Band Of Boys' and also when he was a popular model. But in more recent times, he's remembered for being Vanraj from '
Anupama
'.
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Though, he's done over 50 movies in his career. However, the actor is now on a new journey, as he ventured into the reality space with '
The Traitors
'. The series hosted by
also has many other contestants like
Uorfi Javed
, Apurva Mukhija,
, Harsh Gujral, Anshula Kapoor among many others.
In a chat with ETimes, when asked about his strategy for the show, Sudhanshu said, "I'm exactly the way you see me. In fact, you know, when when the poster was launched at Yash Raj, and they asked me what is going to be your strategy, I said that my strategy is going to be having no strategy at all.
I'm just going to be myself. And for me, that is what a reality show is. I'm not there to put an act or put up a facade. Because, I guess when you are in a reality space, it's the only chance for an actor, or at least somebody who's been working for so many years as I have been, is the only chance for the audience to see the real side of an actor."
Talking about the experience on the show and what he's learnt so far, he expressed, "It was a very meditative space to be in, because we would play the whole day and then go back to our rooms at night and be just completely by yourself.
There was only one TV, there was no internet, there was nothing, there was no phone, there was no Wi Fi. So you were completely disconnected."
Sudhanshu revealed how the show was a great lesson for him in observing people. "I was observing everybody there and how they behave. They were splitting their personality every other second. You realise, there's all sorts of people there. So, it makes you sit and observe about the kind of people around you or what kind of people are they growing into.
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It was a great observation class for me and a great vacation I would say."
Sudhanshu also spoke about host Karan Johar and why this series would have been so challenging for him. "Karan is a a people's person, and he loves talking and chatting. It was a challenge for him to host something like this, because he had to keep a straight face and not interact."
The actor also opened up why there is less possibility of him having fights or rifts with anyone on the series.
"I conduct myself in such a way that I give a lot of respect to people around me. So, I also get a lot of respect in return. The risk of somebody coming and disrespecting me for no reason is very less, very little. I don't remember last time, somebody just disrespected me for no reason," said Sudhanshu.
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