MUMBAI : Avinash Dwivedi, the actor and co-writer of Dupahiya and the co-writer of Mandala Murders, is known for moving between genres with ease. But for him, it’s not just about versatility, it’s about refusing to be put into a creative box.
Explaining why he takes up such different projects, Avinash said, “I don’t think there’s a risk of losing my personal voice because whatever genre I choose actually excites me. I put my heart into it, and that’s more important. The thing is, when you keep writing one particular kind of content, you start getting typecast. People begin to think, ‘Oh, he only writes comedy,’ or ‘He only writes love stories.’ Somewhere at the back of my mind, I always had that fear.”
Before Mandala Murders, Avinash had already written comedies; he knew he needed to step out of that pattern. “When the offer for Mandala Murders came, it was very difficult for me to manage it with all the other work I had going on. But the only reason I said yes was, first, I was genuinely excited to write in that genre. And second, I wanted to break the image before it even formed.”
For Avinash, this isn’t just about writing or acting. “Before any fixed image of me settles in people’s minds, I want to break it — whether it’s the image of me as a writer or as an actor. It could be like, ‘An actor writes a book’ or ‘A writer has six-packs.’ That’s what I feel, I never want to be boxed into one image.”
With projects as different as Dupahiya and Mandala Murders, Avinash Dwivedi continues to prove that he’s not here to fit into a label, he’s here to redefine it.
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