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PTI
Anshuman Jha feels every artist wishes to gain commercial success. He made his big screen debut in 2010 with Dibakar Banerjee's critically acclaimed Love Sex aur Dhoka. He then followed it up with films like X: Past is Present and Chauranga.
"All actors crave for commercial success, anyone telling you otherwise is lying. When you do films, you want admiration and appreciation. Deep down everyone wishes that," Anshuman said.
The actor added that with commercial hits, an actor tries to balance critical acclaim too and says"at the end of the day, when you go back home you know what has been your level of performance. It boils down to that." Anshuman is currently gearing up for the release of Mona Darling, a horror-thriller film revolving around social media.
The trailer of the film drew obvious comparisons with two Hollywood movies, Unfriended and Friend Request, but Anshuman, who has also produced Mona Darling, denies it.
"The script has been registered since 2011, so it puts to rest all the accusations.
The social media aspect is the only similarity and nothing else."
After the shooting of the film, which is scheduled to release this Friday, Anshuman said he shot three other films, including Nandita Das's Pagla Ghoda, Angrezi Mein Kehte Hai starring Sanjay Mishra and Noor directed by Ashvin Kumar.
"I am playing an IT student in one, doing a commercial film where I play a 25-year old guy who teaches a 50-year-old man the importance of expressing love, and an army major in another. I am really looking forward to this year," he said.
