Actor Sharib Hashmi has been making his way in the entertainment industry, but he once faced such struggles that he had to sell his house and his wife’s jewellery to meet their daily needs. In an interview with Dainik Bhaskar, he revealed the hardships he endured during that period.
“After quitting my job, all I did was audition. I had the responsibilities of my wife and our child. My savings started depleting, and I began asking friends for loans. I don’t think there was a single friend whom I had not approached for money. My wife supported me a lot during that period full of struggle. She sold her jewellery so we could provide food in the house. We even sold our house to make ends meet. I had begun to lose hope with time. There was a time when I was not sure what I would feed my family for the next meal,” Sharib said in the interview.
Sharib got married in 2003 and was working as a writer with MTV but later decided to pursue a career in acting.
“That went on for three years, and then I decided to take a job again. I started working with Sony TV and wrote scripts for the anchors for their shows. I worked in a short film titled ‘Mehrooni,’ and that is how I bagged my debut role in ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan.’ Shanoo Sharma watched the film and cast me in the 2012 film starring Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma, and Katrina Kaif,” Sharib explained.
Fortunately, things started changing for Sharib, and he began getting roles. Now, he is known for playing the famous character of JK Talpade in the series ‘The Family Man.’