LETTY MARIAM ABRAHAM letty. abraham@ mid- day. com The past few weeks have gone by in a blur for Rohan Shah, who not only made his Bollywood debut with Vikram Bhattu2019s Hacked but also launched the one- minute series on Instagram, titled Firsts. The Dice Media series, starring Shah and Apoorva Arora, focuses on significant moments of a relationship in the course of 24 episodes.
u201c Itu2019s the first Instagram show. After reading the first two episodes, I gave my nod,u201d says Shah, evidently upbeat about the experimental nature of the outing. Drawing parallels with commercials that weave a narrative in 30 seconds, the youngster adds that brevity is an often overlooked aspect in filmmaking. u201c Since I have done over 300 ads, I understood when the director [ Nayana Shyam] would say that she doesnu2019t have time [ to delve deeper into an emotion]. It is quite tricky to shoot and script this series. You have to tell a story in one minute, and it has to hold as an episode.u201d The actor says that it may eventually feature on YouTube as a compilation of the video snippets.
This is his second collaboration with Dice Media after the successful Every School Romance. If Every School Romance beautifully romanticised the coming- of- age journey of high school students, Shahu2019s other outing u2014 ALTBalajiu2019s Class of 2017 u2014 showcased how teenagers grapple with drug abuse, peer pressure and anxiety. Mention to him how high school dramas have undergone a sea change from the good old days of Hip Hip Hurray ( 1998), and he agrees that the dynamics have changed with time.
u201c Both scenarios are a possibility.
A 15- year- old could be curious and get into drugs, or could also retain his innocence.u201d Rohan Shah brings you a story a minute Actor discusses headlining Instagramu2019s first show, a string of one- minute love stories lot convincing
