Ankit Gupta’s take on his character ‘Fateh Singh Virk’: Udaariyaan

Ankit Gupta, the main lead of Udariyaan is one of the heartthrobs of Indian Television. With his work on screen, he has made his presence felt among the audience, especially the female ones. There are hundreds of female fans of the show who want Fateh to be their Life Partner and are kind of jealous with Tejo and Jasmine. Well, why wouldn’t they? The personality that he has, he deserves to be liked and loved by his audience. With every passing episode of Udaariyaan, the people are getting attached to the show and Ankit as well who portrays Fateh. What makes Udaariyaan different from the lot is its storyline and the portrayal of the characters on screen. When the audience connects with the main lead, then the show is bound to rule the trending charts.

Ankit, forayed into the television industry in 2011 with the show Balika Vadhu and after that there has been no turning back for him. He has worked in many shows during his ten years. He appeared in shows such as Kuch rang pyaar ke aise bhi, Sadda haq where he portrayed a role of a Mechanical Engineer. He is also known for his role as Garv Thakur in Begusarai.

   
Ankit Gupta’s take on his character ‘Fateh Singh Virk’: Udaariyaan

As of this year and his current show, Udaariyaan, it has given him the maximum fame and recognition. He has garnered multiple folds of fans with this show. The character that he plays, Fateh Singh Virk, who is a toughie from outside and a soft person from inside resonated with audience from the beginning of the show only. It seems that this role was tailor made for Ankit itself. Audience cannot imagine any other character playing the role of Fateh other than him.

In his recent interviews, Ankit mentions that now that he is in love with the show and the character that he plays, was once rejected by him, not once, but thrice. He says that during the earlier narrations to him, he couldn’t vibe enough with the character and fall in line with him but after giving it a thorough thought he finally said Yes. He jokingly says that who would miss a show with two leading ladies.

Talking more about his character, Ankit says that in the recent times some audience members are angry with Fateh and its understandable. He adds that he too is angry with him. The amazing thing about Ankit is that He can talk about the most important things and situations in a very light mood and very effortlessly. This is the quality that stands him out of the crowd. As an actor it is his duty to act according to what is written in the script and people should get angry with Fateh and not Ankit as mixing Reel and Real character is wrong. He says that he is a method actor and sometime that takes a toll on him as he gets emotional in real while doing such scenes.

Talking about the Star Producers of the show Ravi Dubey and Sargun Mehta, he says that his bond with both of them is very strong and they allow him to grow as an actor. Whenever they are on Set, they have a lot of fun. Ankit is also a fitness freak. Maintaining the body, the fitness level is very important as an actor and also for the character played on screen.

Ankit is Also indulging himself in webseries. The ones that he has been a part of are ‘Illegal Justice out of order” in 2020, ‘Bekabee Season 2’ and ‘Main Hero Bol raha hoon’ in this year.