TV can be quite an insecure prpfession

Darshan Dave might be a newcomer but he says that wants to play only the lead

RESHMA S KULKARNI

Darshan Dave can be called the perfect personification of the saying — 'Life is what happens to us when we are busy planning other things!' As Darshan narrates his journey into the world of glitz and glamour, one cannot help but reaffirm one's faith in words like destiny and fate.
Darshan says, "I did not even care to wait for my graduation results to be declared before I came to Mumbai from Rajasthan to enrol into St Xavier's College for a post-graduation degree in Mass Communications. They allowed me to enrol; it must be because I had a good array of work in music composing, lyricwriting etc even at that age."
Darshan's specialisation in film direction landed him quite a few great assignments "But even as I was progressing through the ranks in direction, my heart lay in acting. I started doing tele-serials with people like Ajai Sinha and Ravi Chopra. I started getting offers for composing too. That is how I started juggling a couple of activities together. I know this may sound whiny but despite all this, I still missed acting sorely. I had realised that television can be quite an insecure profession if you are not the main lead," confesses Darshan as he continues "One fine day, I switched tracks and made my debut in modelling!" Later he received a call from none he legendary Dev Anand! "I was jolted out of my seat when I got this call from Dev saab. That is how I got to make my film-music composition debut through Dev saab's film Mr Prime Minister," reminisces Darshan.
His next big break came when Ajai Sinha cast him as the main lead in his then-upcoming tele-project called Ghar Ek Sapna. "I was not too kicked about taking up a television project but only since it was Ajaiji, I went for the meeting. To my dismay, he told me that I was better suited for the role of Sujeet, the second lead rather than the main lead Samman. I was almost going to refuse the project, but Ajaiji managed to convince me and I accepted Sujeet. However, for the first 10 days, I went for the shoot with a sour face, readying to find some excuse and drop out," laughs Darshan, who admits that he was amazed with the kind of instant response the character got when it came on air. "I am pretty happy with Sujeet but I would definitely like to play lead roles henceforth," says Darshan who has recently finished his debut film. Apart from that he has also finished composing music for a set of three albums for his mother, who's a classical singer. Talking about his future plans, Darshan says that he has stopped planning and would like to go with the flow.