India, April 21 -- Aadil Zafar Khan made his acting debut on the big screen with Shikara (2020). However, it is the web space that gave him more opportunities to explore his skills, with his most recent performance in Khakee The Bengal Chapter earning him rave reviews. "Shikara came in February 2020. Then in March, the entire world went into lockdown, so no work happened for a very long time. Then after two years of being out of sight and out of mind, (filmmaker) Neeraj Pandey sir gave me Special Ops 1.5, and it somewhere revived my career," he says.

Belonging to the young crowd of actors in the industry, the actor admits to facing one big challenge that didn't exist before, the number of Instagram followers determining casting. However,...