Acting happened because of heartbreak: Abishek

He first got noticed for playing Arulnithi’s friend who gets possessed by a ghost in Demonte Colony. You might also remember him as a visually challenged young man duped by Sshivada’s character in Adhe Kangal. And recently, he was seen playing one of the couples in Balaji Mohan’s webseries As I’m Suffering From Kadhal. Abishek Joseph George is well-known in the city’s theatre circuit and is now starting to make a mark in films as well.
Says the Chennai-born youngster, “I actually made my film debut with Idhu Enna Maayam, but Demonte Colony released first. I came to films from theatre, and I still continue to do theatre and corporate shows. I was recently part of the Short+Sweet festival.”
On how he became an actor, Abishek, who belongs to city theatre group Stray Factory, says, “I was fascinated by acting even as a kid. But acting happened because of heartbreak. At that time, my cousin asked me to check out a theatre fest, and I watched a play by Evam there. I was awestruck and from then on, I started to be consumed by acting.”
He is now part of an upcoming Tamil film (“I’m not allowed to reveal any detail,” he informs) and is acting in a short film in Malayalam. “For me, medium does not matter. What matters is if there is scope for acting, which is why I have done very few films even though my first one released in 2015,” signs off the youngster.