First Day First Shot! Beginning from a small role, today I have a National Award-winning film 'Hellaro' to my credit: Maulik Nayak

Maulik Nayak is one of the rocking

actors

in D-Town who has got recognition owing to his comic acts in several films. The actor has proved how versatile he is with his acting skills and is one of the top-listed stars in

Dhollywood

. Speaking exclusively with ETimes, Maulik shared his experience of facing the camera for the first time.

Maulik revealed, "While I had been acting in theatres before I started

shooting

for films and serials, I always dreamed of being cast for television and the silver screen. However, when I stepped in front of the camera for the very first time, I completely forgot all my experience and went blank. The apprehension of my audience judging me took over. I got worried that people would laugh at my act and the presence of great actors around me intimidated me. These were the very stars I had seen on television and dreamed of working with. I felt I would never be able to work after that day, and no one would know who I was. I would probably have to go back to what I had been doing earlier."

The

'Hellaro'

actor added, "My fear of people laughing came true, however, they didn’t laugh at me, but on my jokes. Of course, I made mistakes, but I conquered some comic timings too. That was a great motivation. I learnt so much in that one day and I also decided that now on, I would make people laugh even more, not on me, but on my jokes. Just like a child, I began practicing, making my mistakes but also learning from them. As I started acting, I was constantly learning new things and I still am. Beginning from a small role, today I have National Award-winning films 'Hellaro' and 'Montu Ni Bittu' to my credit. But I still feel the same panic that I had felt that day when I came in front of the camera for the first time. The only difference now is that I was afraid of the camera that time, and now I love the camera."