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Actress Medha Shankr, who gained the spotlight with her performance in ‘12th Fail’, does not believe she became an overnight sensation, stating that “people do not know her journey”.

Medha started her acting career in 2019 with the British miniseries ‘Beecham House’. She was then seen in the film ‘Shaadisthan’ and the series ‘Dil Bekaraar’.

Taking a trip down memory lane from where she started to becoming a star with ’12th Fail’ success, Medha told Ians: “I started in 2018 and 2020 was a very difficult year for me and the entire world. So, in 2020 I was quite broke. It was taken out of context though…”

The actress added: “I don’t think I am an overnight sensation, it is just that people don’t know about my journey… If overnight is a word then my overnight was like five years long.”

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Actor Akshay Oberoi, who is known for his work in ‘Gurgaon’, ‘Inside Edge’ and Ott show ‘Dil Bekaraar’, celebrated the World Theatre Day on Monday. The actor took to Instagram to be thankful for this day as he shared a set of two throwback images which date almost 20 years old.

He posted two of his pictures from the theatre days, captioning it as: “As they say, ‘you gotta start somewhere’… theatre is where I started, back in 2003!”

The picture he posted was from the play ‘Returning’, which was staged at Johns Hopkins University on March 3, 2006. Akshay is seen with his co-actor Julie Sihilling.

Talking about the same, Akshay said: “I had my first taste of theatre while I was doing bachelors at Johns Hopkins University. It’s the place where I learnt the basics of acting or production. The theatre is the place where I learnt what good quality acting is,...