Actor Sudhanshu Pandey, who is currently seen in the TV show Anupamaa, used to be a part of the boy band A Band of Boys. However, the actor opted out of the band in 2005. Recently, the band performed at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival. We asked Sudhanshu if he missed performing with the band and he said, “I had performed with them a few years ago even though I wasn’t a part of the band. I don’t miss singing with the band because I consciously moved on in 2005. When we formed the band we were a group of young boys, who travelled throughout the country and did many shows. I was a bachelor then, but later I got married and had a son. I realised I could not pursue a career just as a singer. I had financial responsibilities since I was living in a city like Mumbai.”
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He added, “We all know that music bands don’t earn that kind of money in India. If our band was based in the US then I am sure it would have been more organised and we would have promoted ourselves better. That would have resulted in all of us doing well. But I felt that it was difficult for it to last and so, I decided to move on and pursue my acting career.”
It wasn’t an easy decision though. Sudhanshu shared how his bandmate Karan Oberoi was very upset when he decided to leave. He recounted, “Karan was very unhappy and did not want me to opt out. But I had to make that decision.”
Sudhanshu is happy that the band recently performed at the Kala Ghoda festival after many years. “I am very happy for them. One of the members Siddharth Haldipur had also quit a few years ago, but now he is back. I would love to cheer for them and sing along. In fact, I have kept my singing on. Even in my show Anupamaa, you see me sing and at home, too, I have these singing sessions with friends and family,” he says.
