Mohit Marwah is bursting with energy. It could be because his debut movie Fugly is about to release or the fact that he is seeing his wish come true or simply that he is a fun-loving Punjabi boy. Or perhaps a bit of everything. He tells us he remodelled himself from being an extreme introvert ‘to the extrovert in front of you.’
In town with the his co-stars from Fugly to promote the film, Mohit pepped up what could have been a dull press conference displayed his stage and acting prowess and ended up exhibiting his love for attention and public interaction. Is it his genes? Did being nephew of the Kapoors help? “My uncles (Boney, Anil and Sanjay Kapoor) are in the industry but I didn’t grow up with them. However, I understand genes must have played a part in attracting me to filmdom and acting thereafter. When I was around 17-18 years old, I decided to work in the industry to know how it functions. So, I started working with Vikram Bhatt as an assistant director; I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it,” says Mohit.
The youngster seems very confident about himself and his work and feels the stint at film course helped him first and then Theatre School in New York added to that confidence. “Theatre School taught us our limitations and our boundaries and how one can work within it, the possibilities, scope to develop, etc. I was very clear about charting my own path. I wanted to enter films like every struggler,” he says.
In the process he faced both rejection and appreciation but still had no work. “Then I auditioned for Fugly . I was to play someone opposite my character and for me it wasn’t a challenge at all,” he says.
Mohit says Fugly is a film for every young person who wants to see a positive change. Mohit plays the role of someone who organises adventure camps. He recalls the first few days, when “we were shooting in Ladakh and all we had to do was pose against gorgeous backdrop and look beautiful. We were pretty happy thinking that was all that we had to do,” he laughs. From thereon the group was doing everything from dancing, fighting, running, etc.
Did he train for dance? “I am a Punjabi boy; I grew up dancing at weddings,” he laughs again. Then on a serious note, he confesses, “I can dance but not like Hrithik Roshan.”
