Long gap made me miss acting, but helped choose projects wisely: Karan Tacker

Karan Tacker returned to acting after almost seven years with "Special Ops" and he says hiatus t only made him miss performing on screen, but also helped him look for better prospects. 

Karan starred on popular TV show "Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai" till 2013, post which he did guest appearances on several series and featured on various reality shows.

actor is currently seen on Neeraj Pandey's spy thriller "Special Ops". " gap wasn't tough as I was t away from industry, it was just that I was t doing a daily soap. But I have missed acting. This break only gave me time to clear my head.

"To focus on new aspects, take up new things, read up projects and choose wisely. After carefully considering all of this, I took up 'Special Ops' as my web debut and fortunately it planned out well," actor told PTI.

Karan, 33, said he is overwhelmed with response coming his way for Hotstar Specials and had apprehensions venturing into digital after a successful TV run.

"OTT is new generation's hotspot. Many youngsters se days are only into watching web series and format which it follows is very good. With TV what happens is that shows you get you a huge fan following because your character stays with m for months or years and y see you daily on small screen.

"But with web shows, in just 10 episodes your character leaves a lasting impact. This always thrilled me and that's why I was excited to venture into OTT ."

Though release of show came almost on heels of nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic, actor said his professional meetings regarding future projects were still on.

" lockdown has given me a lot of time to think about future and also to catch up with some hobbies. Professionally, talks haven't been impacted so much because most things have gone virtual. But it has given me ample time to read a few scripts and choose my next project," he said.