Amit Sadh: I have seen so much tragedy in life that nothing matters now

He may not have starred in many comic films, but in real life, Amit Sadh is someone who genuinely enjoys making people laugh. “Mujhe yeh bimaari hai ki main sabko khush dekhna chahta hoon,” he says, describing his desire to see the people around him happy.‘I’ve seen so much tragedy in life that now, nothing really matters’This need to spread joy, he shares, stems from the personal tragedies he has experienced. “I’ve seen so much tragedy in life that now, nothing really matters. Life is short, so you might as well laugh through it,” Amit reflects.‘You get typecast very easily’Despite his love for comedy, Amit hasn’t done many humorous roles. He believes people see him as too intense. “I’ve done serious characters, like the one in Breathe, and that left a strong impression.

You get typecast very easily. But I’m not complaining — I feel like I’m just getting started. I want to reach a place where people go to the theatre on a Friday just to watch my film.”‘Someone even suggested I date an actress for publicity’Opening up about a particularly difficult phase in his journey, he says, “It was a long period, starting around Kai Po Che and continuing after. I wasn’t ready to be ‘packaged’ as an actor. Before Kai Po Che, I was just acting. Then overnight, things changed — I got an agent, people started giving me all kinds of advice.

Someone even suggested I date an actress for publicity. I said, ‘Why? I’d rather date someone I genuinely like, it can be any human.

’ But they insistedit would be good for my career. That felt unethical and confusing.”‘I was being written about, praised, and yet I felt off’He adds, “People started pointing out that I seemed grim, and I couldn’t understand why. I was being written about, praised, and yet I felt off. When someone asked me what happened to my positivity — that’s when I snapped out of it. I never looked back after that.”