In Lucknow for an interactive session at a film festival in Lucknow, actor Sudhanshu Pandey, better known as Vanraj Shah from Anupamaa, made the most of this opportunity to interact with the aspiring actors and his fans. "I always feel good at the place where I get to interact with the newer generation. I feel very responsible when I am asked about my life's journey because I am also from a small town. I came into this industry all by myself with no godfather and no one to guide or help me. I had zero knowledge about the industry and how things function here. I have had an albeit slow but very steady growth. So today, if I am living in a very good house and driving a good car, all these things have been earned through a lot of pain, troubles, ups and downs, and all the internal fights that you go through living in a city like Mumbai. Life's quite difficult in a city like Mumbai. And the competition, forget about it being with others, but with yourself, is really tough. So it was nice interacting with aspiring actors in Lucknow to tell them what goes into an actor's life. I also shared the many mistakes that I have made in my career which can be a learning lesson for many," he shared.
So we wonder if any mistakes that Sudhanshu can pinpoint that he wished he hadn't committed? "Mistake is not one that I can highlight. Going through one's journey, there were some things that I did that I corrected the next time. For example, I never had a plan when I started. So I now think, that one should always have a rough plan in your mind. Of course, we go with the flow in this field, but there is a certain amount of planning that can help us and we don't take random decisions."
