This now popular actor once had to sell his prized mobile phone when he ran out of funds during a Goa trip
Vikrant Massey had to sell his mobile phone in order to afford a trip to Goa. In a recent interview, the ‘12th Fail’ star reminisced about how he experienced a shortage in funds when he was a struggling artiste and had to eventually part ways with his mobile phone.
“I had just started earning, and I took Rs 5000 with me. I went with my friends in a Volvo bus. It was the last night of the trip, and we used to split all expenses back then. Like, if we bought a cold drink for Rs 20, we’d split it Rs 10 each. At the time of checkout, we had all exhausted our money. We needed to pay the hotel bill. I had a mobile phone, so I sold it to settle the bill and buy return tickets to Mumbai for all my friends,” he said.
In a conversation with journalist Faye D’Souza, Vikrant Massey reflected on witnessing his parents’ financial struggles during his childhood. He shared that his family, once part of a wealthy household, faced a dramatic turn of events when a family dispute resulted in their eviction. This left them with no choice but to live in a warehouse.
«My parents used to live in Juhu and were neighbors to the Kapoor family. It’s a story straight out of a classic Hindi film: a family feud led to their eviction, forcing them to stay in godowns with a baby for nearly a year before they finally relocated to Versova,» he recounted.
On the professional front, Vikrant’s latest film, The Sabarmati Report, is currently playing in theatres.
