I was very scared of my teachers, as I used to score less marks: Nikhil Desai

bindass is all set to bring forth its new youth centric show 'Kota Toppers' featuring 7 IIT aspirants with different goals and ambitions, to fulfill their dream of cracking IIT.

Actor Nikhil Desai, who was earlier seen in many commercials as well as in the movie 'Nasha', will be seen essaying the role of Abhay Pant on the show. In a candid chat with us, Nikhil shares more about his character, his life as a student and much more.

Nikhil says, "Abhay is quite particular about everything in life. He has come to study at Kota with a dream of cracking IIT Bombay. In short, he can be called as a weird or a psycho personality. We all have researched well for our characters and the life of students at Kota. Our co-actor Aakarshan (Aakarshan Singh) had actually been a student at Kota, so we all discussed about life of students at Kota with him, to be able to absorb our characters well."

When we asked him to go down the memory lane and recall his life as a student, he shared, "I was very scared of my teachers, as I used to score less marks. One of my teachers noticed a hidden talent of mine, which was writing good essays. No one ever had noticed it before. Since then, that teacher became my favorite."

So, when did the acting bug bite Nikhil? The actor replied, "I decided to get into acting while I was doing my graduation. My family supported me well in my decision. They were ok with whatever career I wanted to choose. After doing few commercials and a movie, I gave an audition for this show and this is how it happened to me."  

Good luck Nikhil!

Anwesha Kamal