Express News Service
News about Arya’s Teddy forgoing a theatre release and landing di re c t ly on Disney+Hotstar was doing rounds long before it was made official.
The actor may not be particularly excited about the film reaching televisions and mobile phones first, but it does not curtail his enthusiasm when the conversation veers to his childhood days and his favourite stuffed toys.
“Like many other kids, I grew up with teddy bears and I loved singing those cute teddy rhymes,” he says.
“These toys were automatically associated with a certain cuteness and were a big rage. I am confident that every person who sees Teddy will want a breathing, talking teddy bear like the one I have as a companion in this film.” Arya, in real life, is known to be quite the social person, and so, I ask him about playing a loner in this film. He corrects me: “The story is about a guy with obsessive-compulsive disorder; he is not really an introvert. He is a person who chooses to be a recluse owing to this disorder.