The young, talented, aspiring and having striking personality, the city guy Rafi Malik, is in much news these days. He has made a successful entry on the silver screen as Rajveer Raghuwanshi in a daily soap ‘Nandini — Desh Ki Beti’. Rafi shared his experiences and journey as ‘Rajveer’ in a rendezvous with The Pioneer.
“I have my aspirations and dreams where I want to touch the sky,” says Rafi. While in the rendezvous, Rafi also shared his struggle days and how he made it reach the television industry. “I began my journey with modeling in Bhopal itself. I have done various photo shoots and assignments in the city. From then I decided to enter the industry,” shared Rafi further.
For any upcoming actor initial time would be a struggling period, but if the will power is strong sky is not the limit. Having this approach in life, Rafi moved forward with his aspirations and gave auditions for one of the top most modeling show, Gladrags Mega Model and Man Hunt contest.
“As I knew my aim very well, I entered the Gladrags in 2011. I was selected in the finale and for about two and a half years I worked as a model with the Gladrags team.” Elaborating further, Rafi said, “It was a wonderful experience for me as I explored more of me and moreover realized what else I need to brush up in my personality.”
On asking about a sudden entry in television industry, Rafi said, “Well, it all happened within a span of time. The director of the serial Nandini, Pawan Kumar approached me and called me up for the auditions. So, I gave the auditions and eventually I was selected for the role,” he
said smilingly.
“My family inspired me the most, especially my mum and dad,” he added.
Notably, Nandini Desh Ki Beti is a political drama series, which is being aired on Sony channel. Rafi is playing the male protagonist of the serial opposite to the female lead Nandini played by Kirti Nagpure.
Talking about his character as Rajveer, Rafi said, “Rajveer is a happy-go-lucky person. He rejoices every moment of life. Rajveer belongs to a political family background but, having a deep passion for music Rajveer do not want to enter the politics.”
Elaborating further, he said, “This show focuses on the political families of the country and how a common house wife is able to run the government. It would be a different experience for the audience to watch this show.”
On asking about entering the Bollywood industry, Rafi said, “Ofcourse my target is to enter the B’ town (said laughingly). But, I feel that one has to begin from somewhere, so I believe this is just my beginning.”
He further said, “Actors like Anupam Kher, Manoj Bajpai inspire me the most and I would love to work with these actors some day and hopefully I would make it.”