"Aanand L Rai on Vikrant Massey: 'Feared heartbreak.'"

Although Vikrant Massey began his career in television in 2007, it wasn't until 2023—after Vidhu Vinod Chopra's 12th Fail—that he truly gained the public's acceptance. Filmmaker Aanand L Rai remembers talking with Vikrant about his confidence in the movie's success even throughout the film's filming; in a subsequent interview, Rai recollected their chats. He acknowledged that he was genuinely worried about Vikrant since, let alone low-budget character dramas, even high-budget action movies weren't performing well at the box office.

Aanand L Rai, one of the producers of Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba, referred to Vikrant as a “important actor” in a conversation with Bollywood Hungama, citing his passion for