{"id":905154,"date":"2026-09-22T08:58:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T08:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/905154\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T08:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T08:58:15","slug":"i-didnt-know-how-close-id-have-to-get-to-kareena-saurabh-sachdeva-on-the-rediff-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/905154\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I Didn’t Know How Close I’d Have To Get To Kareena’: Saurabh Sachdeva On The Rediff Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"

When he couldn’t complete his education, Saurabh Sachdeva was expected to join the family business.
But he chose a life on stage and screen instead.
In the latest episode of The Rediff Podcast, the actor — who will be soon seen in Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana — and acting coach gets candid about the years of struggle and the lessons he had to unlearn to find his place in cinema.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"Sauabh<\/p>\n

IMAGE: Kareena Kapoor and Saurabh Sachdeva in Jaane Jaan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Netflix<\/p>\n

Key Points<\/p>\n

Saurabh Sachdeva struggled with dyslexia in school and couldn’t complete his education.
\nHe turned to modelling and acting after breaking up with a rich girlfriend.
\nAfter training under Barry John, he became an acting coach and has trained actors Rana Daggubati, Anushka Sharma, Varun Dhawan, Dulquer Salman, Triptii Dimri among others.<\/p>\n

“Growing up, I didn’t know I was dyslexic, and neither did my parents. I was terrible in school. I used to get spellings wrong. My mom tried to help, to some extent, by taking notes,” Saurabh Sachdeva, known for his roles in films like Animal<\/a>, Dhadak 2<\/a> and Jaane Jaan<\/a>, confesses to Rediff’s Syed Firdaus Ashraf in the latest episode of The Rediff Podcast.<\/p>\n

When Saurabh couldn’t complete his education, his parents wanted him to join the family business.<\/p>\n

Instead, at 20, he began his journey as an actor after training under Acting Coach Barry John, who trained Shah Rukh Khan and Manoj Bajpayee among others.<\/p>\n

Though he auditioned for serials and worked in theatre, Saurabh struggled for almost a decade before making his film debut with Maroon in 2017.<\/p>\n

A year later, his portrayal of Suleiman Isa in Netflix’s Sacred Games<\/a> finally got him attention.<\/p>\n

\"Saurabh<\/p>\n

IMAGE: Saurabh Sachdeva on The Rediff Podcast. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani\/Rediff<\/p>\n

Saurabh continues to work as an acting coach at the Barry John Acting School in Mumbai and has trained a long list of actors including Rana Daggubati, Anushka Sharma, Varun Dhawan, Dulquer Salmaan, Triptii Dimri.<\/p>\n

He believes that comfort and consent are crucial to an actor’s performance, especially while shooting intimate or physically intense scenes.<\/p>\n

Sharing his experience of shooting with Kareena Kapoor in Jaane Jaan, where he plays her abusive husband, Saurabh says, “I sought Kareena’s consent (before doing the scene). I told her I am going to hold you, touch you. Because I didn’t know her comfort place. I didn’t know how close I would have to get. So as an actor, I wanted her to be comfortable. (If I hadn’t discussed) I would have been reluctant, and maybe she would have felt scared. It’s something I teach actors in my class.”<\/p>\n

How did Saurabh Sachdeva get his break in films?<\/p>\n

Did you know Saurabh was nervous before shooting the song Jamaal Kudu in Animal?<\/p>\n

And why is Saurabh so tight-lipped about his role in the upcoming Ramayana<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Watch Saurabh Sachdeva get candid about his fascinating acting journey and the incredible lessons he learned as an actor and coach on The Rediff Podcast.<\/p>\n

Interview: Syed Firdaus Ashraf\/Rediff
Video Production: Hitesh Harisinghani\/Rediff, Rajesh Karkera\/Rediff, Satish Bodas\/Rediff
Editing: Saahil Acharekar\/Rediff<\/p>\n

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