For me, this is not the right time to get married: Sahil Khattar

Sahil Khattar’s big Bollywood debut ’83 has been waiting in the wings for four years now. While that can be frustrating, Sahil is holding on stoically. “In a way, all this wait for the film is going to be a mela when it releases because of the expectations from it and this delay has only added to its longevity,” says Sahil who was in hometown Chandigarh recently.
He adds, “I didn’t really have time to mope over my debut being delayed because I had so many other things to do. People are still not stepping out for fear of COVID and its myriad variants, so if the film is not releasing yet, it’s fine.”
From a radio background, onto social media to TV and now films and OTT, Sahil says new mediums of entertainment have opened vistas for performers. “These mediums have given people the insight that an actor who really knows how to act, irrespective of the platform, will perform and no one can hide his light for longer. I want to be relevant on all platforms,” he says.
His “long haul” as he puts it, is to write and act in his own projects. “I want to be like Adam Sandler, Sacha Noam Baron Cohen, who write, act, and produce their own films. Once that starts happening, I know I have put in motion the journey of my life. The bigger part is that all the content will be executed with a single vision.” As a matter of fact, Sahil is already treading that path. “My first script is written and with a couple of production houses since the pandemic has given me more time at hand. Whatever the genre, whether romance, money heist, sports, thriller... my projects will always have humourous undertones.”
Two years ago Sahil had made his relationship with a singer, public. But marriage is not the anvil yet. “I personally think that this is not the right time to get married when the world is in such a state,” he says, adding, “If I did, it will make me wonder is it the world outside that is making me take this step or the one inside? I am waiting for the situation to go back to normal to figure it out. My parents are now with me in Mumbai though my brother is still in Chandigarh. They do pressurise me into getting married but they are content being with me here.”