Recalling the schoolyard incident that changed him forever, actor Vikrant Massey said that he once punched a boy in the jaw, without realising that the boy was epileptic. He realised in that moment that he could ‘kill’ someone with his bare hands, and never instigated violence ever again. In an interview, Vikrant said that following the incident, he would always be the one on the receiving end in fights, because he’d discovered the harm that he could cause.
Appearing on the Prakhar Ke Pravachan podcast, Vikrant cited the example of Rishu, his character in the films Haseen Dillruba and its sequel, Phir Aayi Haseen Dillruba, and said that the character probably recognises his ‘violent streak’ and is trying to ‘suppress’ it. “I’ll tell you my own life experience. I was doing karate in school, I became aggressive and started feeling invincible. During recess, I punched a boy in the jaw, without realising that he was epileptic,” he said.
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Vikrant continued, “I saw this boy frothing in front of me and losing consciousness. His older brother came and whacked me left, right, and centre. All of this happened in a few seconds. I didn’t feel the pain of being beaten up by the brother because in that moment, I was afraid that the boy might die. I left it all, stopped doing karate, because I realised that I could kill someone. Unfortunately, after that, I would only get beaten up in fights because I never raised my hand again.”
When the host asked Vikrant if it was actually ‘unfortunate’ that he wasn’t beating people, the actor checked himself, and continued, “Fortunately, rather, I don’t know. Thankfully, rather, I never raised my hand on anybody again because the memory of that boy frothing at the mouth was still so sharp. I got into a few brawls because of friends after that, but I never raised my hand again, because I’m afraid that I can be triggered again.”
When the host pointed out that his demeanor doesn’t suggest that he could ever ‘kill a man’, Vikrant said, “Demeanors can also be deceptive, right?” The actor has played several unassuming men with toxic streaks, in films such as A Death in the Gunj, Haseen Dillruba, Ginny Weds Sunny, and Gaslight. He will next be seen in Phir Aayi Haseen Dillruba, also featuring Taapsee Pannu and Sunny Kaushal.
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