My talent is being channelised now, says Vicky Ahuja

Vicky Ahuja’s is a familiar face. You may have seen him in big budget films, but almost every time, in a blink-and-miss role.

Point it out to the actor and he says, “Our industry functions in a different manner. I don’t know how they judge talent here. People who speak good English are given more importance and are considered to be better actors. I am a very simple man, I wear chappals and I don’t have airs of an actor. I buy my own grocery too.

I think my talent has been under utilised so far.” Having said that, he believes that television show Meri Durga will change things for him. “This is the first time that I am playing a lead in a show and literally carrying it on my shoulders. I think my talent is being channelised properly and being used to its full capacity now.”

Meri Durga is a show about Yashpal Chaudhary and his daughter, Durga. Yashpal isn’t extremely well-to-do and works as a peon at a local school but harbours a dream of educating his daughter so that their family can have a secure future. Elaborating on the theme he adds, “In Haryana, girls are deprived of education.

They are only made to either do household work or work in the fields. Then they are married off at an early age. Sadly, this thinking is passed on from one generation to another. Our show attempts to change that mindset and highlight the issue of female education.”