Indian Film, TV And Theater Actor Mohit Srivastava

Making his country proud with his incredible presence in the film industry, Mohit Srivastava

All people have dreams and few combine those dreams with the mindset to achieve them. Some people have goals and some people just have dreams. Mohit Srivastava is one of the former who not only has high goals of making it in the film industry, but he is actually doing it. Mohit is from India and yet he has managed to come to Los Angeles, train at the famous Stella Adler Acting Academy along with studying under the legendary Larry Moss (who taught Helen Hunt, Tobey Maguire, Jim Carrey, Leonardo Di Caprio, Hilary Swank to name a few) and then start acting in the movie capital of the world. 

 

He has performed in countless stage plays and numerous films and he is quickly becoming one of the busiest actors in California. One of his favorite roles so far on the stage was that of Victor Frankenstein in Nick Dear’s Frankenstein. He had wanted to play that character for a long time and when he was told that he had won the part he was extremely happy. So were the producers and director because Mohit always brings something extra to each part he plays. He brings a great deal of talent, experience, professionalism but all those things can be labeled as common communities in an industry you could label as the most competitive in the world. And to be successful in it you must bring something else and Mohit does that with his tenacity, his yearning and discipline for higher art. 

 

His other work includes Fighting Shadows where Mohit plays a character who wants to be an astronaut by day but then becomes a street fighter at night to make money in order to support his ambitions. That role alone took a bit of acting expertise because the character goes from being an intellectual to a kill or be killed brawler in a matter of seconds. 

 

Maybe he was influenced by all the great actors he saw when he was a kid growing up in India. His idol is James Dean (Whom he regards are the greatest physical actor of all time). Deans legacy inspired him to come to LA and go for his dreams. He sees himself taking up roles like Jim Stark in Rebel Without a Cause and Cal Trask in East of Eden. He is more inclined towards playing the quintessential traumatized misunderstood young man on screen but is a big believer in the philosophy that we have the capability to think, feel and understand anything within us. 

 

Mohit remembers that when he saw Al Pacino in Scarface look up at the sky and see the airplane pulling a banner that read, “The World Is Yours,” he knew that he wanted to be an actor. And here he is, right in the middle of Hollywood, playing those characters, making movies and acting in what must be the best job in the world. Mohit believes anyone can do what he did just by believing in themselves and working hard. Great advice. It’s hard to believe this young man is only 21. I speak for many when I say I'm on the edge of my seat curious as to what he will bring us next.