An established name as an actor among the young audience is Pradeep Khadka. In the latest film 'Actor: Take One', he is Pradeep in the role of identity crisis character Kushal, who has to become a 'super star' in one film rather than acting.

After watching the premiere show of this film in a hall in Bhaktapur on Monday evening, many said, "Kushal's 'superstar' dream will be fulfilled by Pradeep playing the same character." But the film "Actor: Take One" will not be screened on the previous screening date (Wednesday).

 After the production side of 'Actor', which was screened last week, filed a complaint in the Kathmandu District Court saying that the story and name of the film had been 'stolen', the court has postponed the screening of 'Actor: Take One' indefinitely. 

Pradeep sees a lot of similarities between himself and Kushal's character. A decade ago, he too wandered in the hunger to become a hero in the film industry. At that time, what is the script, how is the story written? I didn't know how deep the acting would be. He only knew that he would become a super star by becoming a film hero. After someone didn't believe in 'Hero', he wanted to become a hero himself with his own investment, from the movie 'Scape'. The film was made, he acted in the hero, but unfortunately the audience did not care when the film came to the theaters.

Millions of investments have sunk, even the family has been insulted. He also thought of going abroad to reduce the tension. But at that time, he got to play the hero once again in the film "Prem Geet" with the investment of others. From 'Prem Geet', Pradeep suddenly came to 'Limelight'. 

Kushal of 'Actor' has once again reminded him of the same old Pradeep, who jumped into acting without knowing acting. If someone needs something after grass and cotton, it is socially acceptable. After basic needs, if there is a crisis in the world, it is the crisis of identity,'' Pradeep told the special reason behind becoming an actor. Pradeep is hopeful that the audience will empathize with the identity crisis that Kushal, the character of the film, is going through.  While reading

11/12, Pradeep felt, 'Everyone would have looked at me. One day, a musical program was being held in the college. Pradeep was swaying to the music in the audience. He was shocked by the appreciation given to the stage artist by a large group of spectators, he thought, 'I should not get lost in the crowd like this, I should get on the stage and return to the audience.'

Before doing the film 'Prakash', Pradeep was enjoying acting and characters that he understood. 'Prem Geet' had introduced, the film offers kept coming. As the film continued to roll, the audience was getting to know it. However, gradually Pradeep's acting was also being criticized. 'Am I really not doing a good job?', he began to question himself. He began to see a crisis of his own identity. And he started to save his existence. I felt that I have earned what I have earned, now I have to save it. When everyone said the same thing, there was definitely a problem, so I went for films like Prakash, Pujaar Sarki,' says Pradeep.  Learned acting with color artist Anup Baral before 'Prakash' made himself a long race horse in this

acting race. By then, Pradeep had already acted in other films from the 'Prem Geet' series. However, when he came to 'Rose' and 'Love Station', he realized that the acting he understood was different. He felt that I am acting through the character of Prem in 'Prem Geet' or Billy in 'Lilibili'. I also became a singer in 'Love Station'. I am doing a new character in every film, why do they say that the acting is not good?' But after bumping into the colorist Anup, Pradeep finally understood the depth of acting. 

In particular, he reached Anup through the director of 'Prakash', Dinesh Raut. In 'Prakash', Pradeep's character had to speak the language of Jumla. However, he was shocked when he got the script of the film. He told the director Raut that he would not do the film, advising him that 'Pradeep could not do it, let him remove it from the film'.

I will try, I will use it in a new character. However, I felt that by using myself in this way, the director's vision, the writer's writing, and the producer's money would sink. If you don't have faith in yourself to do that character, the film is sure to sink. That's why I said not to do the film,' Pradeep said, recalling the past, 'then the director suggested that if you don't believe in yourself, don't go to Anup Baral to learn acting.' is. 

Now Pradeep is experimenting with acting. Three films in three genres in one year. He has become skilled in 'Actor' and is playing the character of Rudra in 'Pitamber'. The pre-production work is going on for the shooting of his 'Airee' from next Baisakh. Prem Geet 3 was made after 3 years. However, the results were not very good. So now I'm trying to figure out what it would be like to do 3 films in a year," said Pradeep. 

With the hunger for recognition, sometimes wandering towards singing, sometimes towards the media, Pradeep has now reached the big screen. In this decade, some have tagged Pradeep as a 'star' and some as a 'superstar'. However, he wants to be known only as an 'actor', i.e. purely as an artist.