Today we’d like to introduce you to Dipanshu Sharma.
Dipanshu Sharma was born 4 June 1994, Noida, India in a farmer’s family, he speaks about how his joint family with three families and his grandparents (which led the life of a farmer for their kids) as most of the Indian cultural families are known to be.
Being a member of joint family decisions were taken with mutual consents, which play a major role in his life of where he is at present in his life. His mother, Veena is a painter but had to settle for a housewife as culturally women were supposed to look after the family and the man was to work and earn for his family, when Dipanshu was born his father Umesh was going through the major crux of figuring out to settle a regular source of income who now is a businessman and also shows a keen interest in the field of law but due to family economic status he had to drop out of, coming from a farmers family and building a business for which he received recognition throughout the nation kept him away from his kid’s life as he’d be working mostly 16 hr of work day.
Dipanshu calls himself to be an average student throughout his school life, he had more inclination towards sports and represented his school at state level for gymnasium and received several recognition throughout which made him pursue it more as he missed his dad not being there as he’d be occupied in work, something that bothered him as he saw most f his friends dad at these sport meets and games . Being an Indian, Cricket is more of a cultural sport than just another game for kids, and he recalls playing and training for it earlier during school life as well which he later had to give up because studies, on the other hand, showed a downfall spending most of the time in the field. This threw him off because he wanted to be a professional cricket player.
Later all the frustration went into the gymnasium court of the school were trying to complete a double backflip he injured his shoulder and had to give up gymnasium as suggested by the doctors after treating him with the injury.
Dipanshu developed a keen interest for dramatics in the initial semester for college, hidden from his folks, his interest was never limited to his college drama society, he went further and joined Sahitya Kala Parishad Group, where he got the opportunity to perform at the national school of drama NSD, NEW DELHI. This event influenced him further, and after graduating from college and earning various appreciation as an actor at different venues, he decided to go to Mumbai to pursue his internship for marketing, where he ideally wanted to pursue his dream of becoming a professional TV/film actor.
Stepping into the world of glamour and artistry made him realize that the training to be an actor that he wants to become is not enough and needs to train for the path he wants to move in. After completing his internship in the city, he went back home dishearted, as the family plan for him to pursue his higher studies in marketing was about to butcher his dream of becoming an actor.
Dipanshu recognizes this time as the toughest and the closest to his heart, as it leads to the major decision which he never took for himself and was always told what to do and follow the decisions which were best for him and the family’s future. Which made him feel working against his will, not believing in his dream anymore and giving up. He scored horribly in his master’s exams attempts, but his family didn’t stop pursuing him for making another attempt, which broke him even further and caused more stress since it was driven by the fact that his father wanted him to be a working-class man just like his cousins in the family.
Shattering his dream completely as he perceived his family would understand that his interest lies in a different field. The second attempt, he scored a commendable score which as he speaks was good enough to get him in the ivy league , but after scoring such good scores in he finally decided not to go ahead with it and rather stand by his dream to be a professional actor & confessed to his parents which lead to be an emotional outburst of his father and the ruin that he is leading himself into and how it’s a dream who only the rich can afford to see.
His mother, on the other hand, believed in him and supported his idea of being an Actor. During this time things became a lot clearer mentally and socially where friend circles became smaller as started leading the life he wanted to pursue were people who really believed in him were few in number some of them being his mother and few friends and later his father. So he decided not to pursue the life that everyone wanted for him but what he wanted.
So, he flew to LA , to pursue method acting at Lee Strasberg theatre, not having anything figured out, not a place to live not a single person known on this piece of earth and yet he says it’s a place where he found one of the closest friends and Mentors and made him realize his capabilities, not only as an actor but also as a person.
Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
I came to the United States having a one-way ticket and very limited money not knowing a single soul in this part of the world. I knew I wanted to be an actor, and there was no falling back, so I went to Lee Strasberg theatre and film institute and enrolled my self.
The next thing that I had to figure outlaws a place to live, as I was running low on money as most of it went for my training I was couch crashing for the first seven months. I knew the only way to move forward was to move ahead in the entertainment business, and so I started submitting for auditions booking a few roles and earning some extra money which helped a lot at the time.
I was and still told by people that I won’t go far, and it’s better for me to return back home as I don’t have the right accent and due to my skin colour that I could only get so far in the business & even close friends weren’t really that close when I saw the real picture. I’ve always believed in working hard and that if you just keep adding, it pours the results.
I’ve met one of the most inspiring people here in states who guide me and are much more to me than just a friend or a Mentor, who not only helped me find myself but also fed my confidence and assuring me that I’m going in the right direction and what matters is my will to only evolve and learn but to be best at what I do which helped me to keep moving forward.
I feel so grateful to have had this journey, to have met the people I’ve met because a little of each person you meet stays with you, and so do you.
We’d love to hear more about what you do.
I’m a Method Actor, the whole idea of acting is so fascinating to me to have the opportunity of living in a persons soul whose totally different than you and yet so similar. I’ve been working in the past year to specialize in creating a three dimensional character, where you not only talk or walk like them but you work on the most minute details which are not there on the paper finding that person based on their daily rituals.
What makes them happy or mad, what makes them laugh or how do they feel when they come back home after a long day, which obviously differs from actor to actor and what they use to further explore and authenticate the character for themselves. I’m developing myself towards greater depth in my work which is why I try to keep my self involved in some kind of training or other as it keeps my instrument and artistic integrity sacred and most importantly humble and grateful.
What is “success” or “successful” for you?
Success is a moving target. I don’t think we ever achieve it, at least in our own minds. But I do know this if you think you have achieved your greatest success you clearly have decided to stop pushing yourself.
To me, success is more about satisfaction and gratitude for where I am and a healthy drive to what I’m chasing and what I wanna contribute to the society while enjoying my struggle up the ladder.
I do intend to earn big bucks but not essential to have a fancy/luxurious lifestyle, the world that we are are all living in needs love, affection and empathy not only by emotions but majorly by actions.
Contact Info:
- Address: 1555 vine st, 90028, Los Angeles, CA.
- Website: www.Dipanshusharma.net
- Phone: 3236036281
- Email: [email protected]
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dontbragmakeithappen/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dipanshu7979/followers
- Other: https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm6868138?ref_=nm_nv_usr_prof
Image Credit:
Peppe Tuccillo
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