4 min readMumbaiApr 22, 2026 06:21 PM IST
Actor Vinod Survyanshi, known for his role in Panchayat Season 3, has also been a part of various Bollywood films like Dream Girl, Thamma, Jolly LLB 3, and more. Recently, in a conversation with Siddharth Kannan, Vinod spoke about working with Akshay Kumar. He shared how the actor was quite friendly on the Jolly LLB sets, and he also asked Vinod to once bring homemade Khichdi for him.
Vinod on working with Akshay Kumar in Jolly LLB 3
In the interview, Vinod Suryavanshi said, “Working with Akshay in Jolly LLB 3 was great, he is a fun co-star. We used to keep joking a lot, even during the scenes; he used to give his lines to me, involve me in the scenes.” Recalling the time when Akshay asked Vinod to bring homemade khichdi for him, Vinod said, “My wife didn’t believe at first that Akshay Kumar wanted to eat sabudana khichdi from our home, and I don’t blame her. Despite telling her again and again that he actually wanted to eat it, she still didn’t believe me. When I told her to put less spice and oil, that’s when she understood. She woke up at 4 am to cook that, and when I took it, he enjoyed eating it.”
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When asked if Akshay uses a teleprompter to remember his dialogues, Vinod said, “He is very hard working, he is busy working a lot, he has his way to remember his lines. Akshay was very funny on set, and we were cordial but I cannot say we became good friends. Arshad Warsi and I didn’t speak much. He was busy doing his scenes; most of my scenes were with Akshay. Akshay and I used to play X and O. He would enquire about my family. We used to talk a lot about so many things.”
Vinod on his acting career
Coming from a humble background, Vinod did various odd jobs before he became a junior artist. In the interview, he revealed how becoming an actor was accidental. “I entered the film industry by mistake. A friend called me and said I could stand in a crowd during a shoot and earn Rs 500. I liked that I got breakfast, lunch, and Rs 500 by the end of the day. It felt like a better job than anything I had done before. So I decided to continue, and that’s how I started working as a junior artist. As a security guard, I used to earn RS 8,000 a month for 12-hour shifts. As a junior artist, I started earning Rs 10,000–12,000.”
He also shared facing humiliation as a junior artist, “No one speaks properly to junior artists. They are often abused and humiliated. Assistant directors would mistreat us. Big actors never humiliated us.” He also recalled an incident, “Once, I went to eat in someone’s room, and a senior person snatched my plate and asked who I was. When I said I was a junior artist, he told me to eat where the junior artists’ food was served. I said the food there was over, but he told me to speak to my coordinator and not eat there. He took away my plate. That hurt me deeply. That’s when I decided I had to do something in acting—maybe then I would at least get to sit in a room and eat peacefully.”
After several rejections and struggles, Vinod finally got his first break on TV in Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi. Other than Panchayat, Vinod has also been a part of another web series called Jaanwar. He has also been a part of Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhein, Mandala Murders, Jamtara, and several other web shows.
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