'Acting is an easy job, but getting projects is tough in B-Town'

Having done over 200 ad commercials and juggling between TV shows and films, Ajay Gehi is now a known name in the industry. With 'The Good Road', India’s official entry to the Academy Awards for the year, Ajay seems to be enjoying all the extra attention that the news related to the film is getting him. Excerpts:
Given the language of the film and the market, were you not apprehensive of doing The Good Road (TGR)? Honestly, as an artist, there are certain things which inspire you and touch you at a different level.You feel like being a part of a project just for the love for it. You don’t think about the returns or accolades. And it was a very low budget film. I did it just to go through the experience.
So, was it like your decision let you earn a good dividend? Yes. It is almost like a miracle. It is extremely heartwarming to see it get such good reception. Unfortunately in this industry, if a film is not made in Hindi or also if it does not have any big names attached to its name, the film might not even see the light of the day. But after all the hard work one puts in, seeing your film do so well and getting nominated for awards is just a great feeling.
There were also a lot of controversy which happened around the nominations. I think we are living in great times, an era of great cinema. There are so many competent films that we’re spoilt for choices. The competition compels you to do much better. We all share the same sentiment — that we want to make good films and make independent cinema. But you get disappointed if certain things don’t work out.
But like you said earlier, big names matter in the industry. Karan Johar and Anurag Kashyap are very big names in the industry at the moment. I don’t think I’ve read anything that they said something against TGR. They were just disappointed that The Lunchbox didn’t make it and they expressed their disappointment. I’m sure they realised it later that things were blown out of proportion. We’re all in the same boat here. It hampers nothing; the jury will decide finally which film will win the award.