Amruta Khanvilkar on fierce OTT competition, shooting steamy scenes in 36 Days, her 20-year journey in the industry & more | Exclusive

Amruta Khanvilkar is one of the most talented actors who is known for her work in Television, reality shows, regional and Hindi cinema as well as on OTT. The actress is currently preparing for the release of her upcoming web series titled 36 Days. Amruta sat down for a brief chat with OTTplay and shared her experience working on 36 Days, the current phase of the OTT boom, how she keeps herself motivated with all the competition, and more. 

Amruta Khanvilkar on fierce OTT competition

When asked how she stays motivated besides the fact that apart from giving out a variety of content, digital platforms have also increased the competition. Amruta said, "I believe that motivation is a continuous process. I have been working for the past 20 years; I have done television, reality shows, regional films, Hindi films, and now OTT. I feel that motivation is something that has nothing to do with what you perform on set. It is something inherent in you that makes you motivate yourself to do good work. It's a day-to-day thing. And as actors, we need to understand and learn that whether there is work or not, motivating yourself is a must."

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"If you don’t approach your life with positivity, then you will go nowhere. An actor's real job is to have patience and move forward with that patience. You see the actor between action and cut, but for an actor, the job is off the set," she further added. 

Amruta Khanvilkar on shooting steamy scenes with Chandan Roy Sanyal in 36 Days

Further speaking about shooting steamy scenes with her co-actor Chandan Roy Sanyal, the actress revealed, "I had multiple steamy scenes with Chandan Roy and we used to shoot at 2 or 3 am. People must think about how actors shoot such scenes but at 2 or 3 am you can’t really shoot anything, you’re just so tired you feel like going home. But Chandan and I got a really nice rapport so it made it easy."

Meanwhile, directed by Vishal Furia, 36 Days also stars Purab Kohli, Shruti Seth, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Sharib Hashmi, Sushant Divgikar, Shernaz Patel, Faishal Rashid, Chahat Vig, and Kenneth Desai. The show is set to premiere on SonyLIV on July 12, 2024, and will also be available on OTTplay Premium.

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