Updated On: 29 March, 2022 07:48 AM IST | Mumbai | Letty Mariam Abraham
Rithvik Dhanjani on tackling years of conditioning in his short film, Arranged opposite Tridha Choudhury

Tridha Choudhury and Rithvik Dhanjani in Arranged
Not wanting acting to feel like a chore, Rithvik Dhanjani stepped away from daily soaps to tell braver and urgent stories. The actor features in a short film about a couple who meet in an arranged marriage set-up. The Amazon miniTV series that also features Tridha Choudhury starts a conversation about choosing to adopt a child instead of getting pregnant. It also focuses on moving away from gender roles.
“The way the script was written seemed like the writer [Sharanya Rajgopal] had poured her heart and soul into it. She wanted to say this out loud without making it too dramatic and preachy. The simplicity of the script made me want to be a part of it,” says Dhanjani, who plays a down-to-earth man running an NGO that works towards building toilets for women and educating them about hygiene.