Prejudices and superstitions run hand in hand in the entertainment industry. From changing the spelling of your name to wearing rings and making special prayers, everyone has done it all just to get a little closer to success or to ward off evil. Buri nazar ka kya bharosa! Actor Sharad Malhotra initially added a double ‘S’ to his name because “somebody had suggested that adding another letter to his name would probably fast-track [success]. It did for a while,” he says. The actor later opted to go back and stick to the basics.

He took a break from television after his show Vidrohi (2022), then went on to do the web series Honey Trap Squad (2023). Now Malhotra has returned after two years with the micro-series Galat on an app founded by Krantibhai and Vikram Bhatt.