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Actor Sunny Hinduja Recalls The Best Advice Received From Manoj Bajpayee Digital Media
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Actor Sunny Hinduja Recalls The Best Advice Received From Manoj Bajpayee

Mumbai, May 20, 2021: Actor Sunny Hinduja, who is receiving a heartwarming response for his role in the recently premiered web series, "Aspirants" on The Viral Fever (TVF), is all set to return in the second season of the Manoj Bajpayee-starrer web series "The Family Man". ## Taking inspiration from Manoj Bajpayee's struggling stories of his initial days, Sunny recalls how the veteran actor encourages him to "go with the flow".## "During the shooting of the show (The Family Man), we spend time and a lot of interaction happened. He is like a big brother and a mentor, and when he shares his memory of how he struggled in his initial days, just by hearing such incidents one can get so much inspiration. It is hard to stay hopeful when the struggle is too much, but he did not give up", Sunny told IANS.## "One of the things sir told me and that stayed with me is - go with the flow, do not take yourself too seriously, just take your craft seriously. I think it will always resonate with me", he added. ## "The Family Man" season 2 brings back Bajpayee with Priyamani, Sharib Hashmi, Sharad Kelkar, and Shreya Dhanwantary among others. The series directed by Raj and DK will see South star Samantha Akkineni make her digital debut in a negative role.## The trailer of "The Family Man" season two was released on May 19 while the show will premiere on Amazon Prime Videos on June 4.## Stay tuned...

Sunny Hinduja on working in India's 1st OTT series shot during lockdown Digital Media
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Sunny Hinduja on working in India's 1st OTT series shot during lockdown

Mumbai, April 16 (IANS) India's first micro web series shot during the COVID-19 lockdown will be out soon. "Mardaani 2" actor Sunny Hinduja, who features in the series, says the project was challenging as well as fun to work on.## Titled "A Viral Wedding", the series had its pre-production, shooting and post-production work done entirely during the lockdown, with none of the individuals who are involved in the series stepping out of their homes.## The series is directed by Shreya Dhanwanthary, Sunny's co-star in the 2019 OTT show, "The Family Man". It tells the story of a social media influencer who refuses to cancel her wedding owing to the lockdown.## "We had our shares of fun on video and phone calls during the making where people were located in different states and cities. It also brought along shares of struggles with it. But I must admit it was harder than we anticipated, we had nobody to help us, no equipment, no setup, we had to become the lightmen, cinematographers, art directors, and everything," said Sunny, who is playing a primary part in the series," said Sunny.## "Taking care of the sound was another task, as people would be cooking so there were cooker whistles at random times, sometimes there were birds, crows making noise. But with all this, we still managed to complete the shoot in just a week. From start to finish everything was done during the lockdown period. It's a light-hearted attempt to make people smile during this time," he added.## On working with Shreya Dhanwanthary, he said: "When Shreya asked me, I said a yes without thinking. The idea in itself was so unique that it was difficult to say no. We even discussed various ideas about the character and worked together to come up with something real and very different from my own personality. But after reading the script which was penned in 24 hours, I was bewildered at how good it was."## "Even if it wasn't for the lockdown, I would have agreed to do it. The cast and crew are based in different cities and they are working at different timelines, knowing the kind of hard work put into it, feels like a humbling experience to be a part of a first-of-its-kind web series," added Sunny.## Besides Sunny and Shreya, the show also features Amol Parashar, Aishwarya Chaudhary, Aritro, Sharib Hashmi and Mohit Raina, among others.## The shoot is over and the team is giving final touches to a few episodes. The series is likely to come out later next week.## Stay tuned...