India, June 9 -- The biggest truth of every actor's life is that there will be more lulls than successes," says Sharad Malhotra, who is set to make his return to the screen after a gap - his last TV outing was in 2022, and his most recent OTT stint was in 2023. But the actor is quick to clarify he "never really took a break". "I was thinking the other day - three years have passed just waiting for something good to happen. Then it hit me: I can't just keep waiting. I have to be the one to take a step forward. As actors, effort is required from our end too," he says.

Sharad describes this period as a lull phase, where projects were close to materialising but kept fizzling out: "That's the reality of this profession. More often than not, y...