Sumeet Vyas on having a busy 2022: I was worried that my child will get used to me not being around

Actor Sumeet Vyas has had quite an eventful 2022, as he was shooting for not one but four back-to-back projects. He also saw the release of season 3 of his popular series, Tripling. Looking back, the actor believes that more than the success and highs, “this year has been more about learnings and reinventing myself”.

To explain further, he cites an example of Afwaah, a project that he shot with filmmaker Sudir Mishra. “I can’t talk much about it, as it’s in the process of making, but for me, it was one of the finest experiences in terms of learning. Over the years, we as actors tend to get into a pattern of how we approach a scene or a project. But, Sudhir sir was able to break all those patterns and come up with things that I could not think of. Plus, it was a hit to my ego that how I could not think that way. This whole experience was humbling for me in a way,” shares Vyas.

Vyas says he made a point this year to chose characters and projects that were very different from who he is in real life. “I chose all these shows because I wanted to step away from how I am perceived – the warm and funny guy. I chose them because these characters were a giant leap from who I am as a person. That’s the whole fun of acting – you get to be someone else,” he shares

While 2022 has been great on the professional front, the actor admits that his personal life took a back seat pwing to his hectic schedule. And his major concern was not being able to spending enough time with his two-and-a-half-year-old son, Ved.

“Half of my year went in talking to him on video calls because I was shooting. There came a point when I got worried thinking that Ved may get used to me not being around,” says the actor, adding, “But I guess that is the price that I have to pay for the kind of work that I do. I am hoping that at some point he will understand where his father comes from and what he does and accept it with open arms.”

Besides acting, The Permanent Roommate actor also earned appreciation from audience and critics alike for his writing, something that he is immensely passionate about.

“Writing isn’t my primary job, that’s passion driven. I do it because I enjoy it. And it has been very enlightening. Writing started with an experiment and my first full-fleged script was that of Love Per Square Foot. But over the years, the good response I got, made me feel confident about it and uplifted my spirit to write more,” shares Vyas who later collaborated with TVF and co-wrote the script of Tripling.

Going ahead, the actor-writer wants to focus on penning stories of Gen Z. That’s because he strongly feels that in our industry, the older lot writes about them and the generation gap leads to less convincing and vague narratives.

“People telling stories about younger generation them are older people and they tend to dilute their problems a little. It’s almost like they (younger generation) are the less intelligent lot. But I have a very different opinion of them and I consider them extremely smart. It’s an exciting age group to write something for and I would like to write something that has more depth and their problems, feelings,” he concludes.