After the release of Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s 12th Fail, Vikrant Massey, who portrayed the real-life IPS Manoj Kumar Sharma, has garnered immense praise for his performance. In a recent interview with Unfiltered by Samdish Viran, Vikrant candidly shared the story of how his brother decided to change his religion and convert to Islam. The actor said, “My brother’s name is Moeen, I am called Vikrant. You would wonder why the name Moeen. He converted to Islam, and my family let him change his religion. They said, ‘Beta, if you find satisfaction in this, go ahead.’” Vikrant added, “He converted at the age of 17, it is a big step. My mother is Sikhni, my father is a Church-going Christian, he goes to church twice a week. From a young age, I have seen a lot of arguments related to religion and spirituality.”
Vikrant Massey also spoke about how his relatives reacted to the news. He said, “My father was questioned by my extended relatives about how he could ‘allow’ that [brother’s conversion]. He said that was none of their business. ‘He is my son, he is only answerable to me and has all the rights to choose what he wants.’ After seeing this, I went on my own quest, wondering what exactly is religion. It is man-made.”
In the same interview, Vikrant Massey also opened up about how he dropped a successful TV career to try his luck in Bollywood. He shared, “I earned a lot on TV. I bought my first house at the age of 24. But all that regressive content on TV was happening simultaneously and I felt like coming out of the world and trying my luck in cinema. I realised that though …read more
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