Actor Rajeev Khandelwal opened up recently about a scene in the upcoming web-series Showtime. He plays a Bollywood superstar Armaan Singh in the show. In the scene, Armaan misbehaves with an assistant director (AD) on the set. The series is created by Sumit Roy, with Mihir Desai serving as the showrunner. Mihir has also directed the series with Archit Kumar.

Talking about this scene, Rajeev said, “I have heard about this particular actor who does this on sets and he thinks it is very funny. He has been doing it and there are a lot of AD's who have actually not said anything to him, but gone behind his back and said that this is absolutely wrong on his part.”

He added, “It happens because one feels like they are a superstar. So, when I had to shoot a scene where I had to throw tantrums and behave in a particular way, I did this and it was organic. We all loved it and Mihir also thought it fit in. When I saw a glimpse of it, I knew this is not me but this is definitely superstar Armaan, who represents this certain kind of actor."

Showtime is produced by Karan Johar’s Dharmatic Entertainment, a digital extension of Dharma Productions. It is scheduled to release on Disney+ Hotstar on March 8.