I used to literally hate fame and the media: Abhay Deol

When Abhay Deol first made a mark in the Hindi film industry, he was the actor to watch out for. With films like ‘Dev.D’, ‘Manorama Six Feet Under’ and ‘Oye Lucky Lucky Oye’, Abhay was making all the right choices. But for the actor, it was never his motive in life to be famous. He hated fame and the media.

In a recent interaction, the actor opened up about the same.

Abhay, who is currently promoting his ‘Netflix’ series ‘Trial by Fire’, said that he saw what fame could do to an individual and their family members as his uncle Dharmendra was a huge Bollywood star in the 1970s and 1980s. Even his father worked in the movie business.

“I saw fame up close as a child. I didn’t like it because your privacy goes away. A lot is written about you. I used to literally hate fame and the media,’ he told a popular entertainment news agency,’ he told a popular entertainment news agency.

The ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’ star said that he was often questioned at school about the gossip that was written about his family.

Abhay also recalled that another by-product of fame came in the form of those who were just around their family just so they could benefit themselves.

“I knew they were just around to take advantage,” he said.

Abhay added that he was ‘ready to defend’ himself when he entered the industry.

“I was guarded,” he said.

The actor said that he knew he would be immensely popular after Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Dev.D’ and at the peak of his career, he went to New York. The ‘Raanjhana’ star said that he wasn’t out of Dev’s mental space.

“I wasn’t out of Dev’s headspace for a year. I did what Dev did in the movie. I drank every day like a fool,” he said.