Rediscovering my passion for deejaying: Hiten Paintal

As a college student, he was into deejaying, but then, he moved on to acting. Now after 25 years, Hiten Paintal is back on the music scene and has been a deejay at many events in recent times. He says, “Of course, acting will always remain my top priority, but I’m rediscovering my passion for deejaying and want to balance both.”

Taking a trip down memory lane
Reminiscing about his college days, Hiten says, “I used to be a deejay in my college days and got back into this last year when I wasn’t doing a TV project. I now do events in Mumbai, Pune and Bengaluru.” He adds, “I’ve always been musically inclined and in the past two decades, I would often be in charge of music at my friends’ parties. This made me think I should get back to deejaying on a professional level. I get to travel, meet people and have fun.”

‘There is a lot of insecurity in the acting profession’Hiten admits that there is a lot of uncertainty in the acting profession. He shares, “Acting is the most insecure field. I was born in the industry (his father is veteran actor Kanwarjit Paintal) & have friends here. That’s why I can say that it is not easy to sustain in showbiz... there are a lot of highs and lows. There is no guarantee how long your TV show will run; some may even shut in two months. Hence, I believe one should have a second source of income.”