Vaibhav Raj Gupta Shares How His Casting For Mandala Murders Happened In 10 Days
Updated on: 05 August, 2025 04:01 PM IST |Shweta Shah
Vaibhav Raj Gupta "didn`t need time to decide" doing Mandala Murders
Vaibhav Raj Gupta is currently soaring high on the success of Mandala Murders, the recently released supernatural murder mystery on Netflix. While the series has received mixed reviews, Gupta`s performance was highly lauded by fans and critics alike.
For those who didn`t recognise him in the show, Vaibhav has appeared in many OTT series like Gullak and Good Bad Girl. He was also a part of movies like Mai and Super 30.
In a recent interview, the actor opened up about why he was looking for something like Mandala Murders, how his casting was a matter of just 10 minutes, and more.
Vaibhav Raj Gupta on doing Mandala Murders
The recently released supernatural murder mystery, created by Gopi Puthran, had the actor in the back of his mind for the character of Vikram Singh, a Delhi-based police officer.
Gupta recalls how it all started and said, “In 2022, I was at a cafe when I met Gopi Sir’s wife, Khyati [Anand Puthran], who is the writer of Raat Jawan Hai [2024]. She said, ‘You were good in the third season of Gullak. My husband is pitching your name for something.’ [Months later,] Gopi Sir met me at a cafe and asked me to meet him at his place later. There, he told me that he was pitching me to YRF for a show. I thought it would be a romantic show because the banner is known for romances. As soon as he narrated Mandala’s world, I said, ‘I don’t need time to decide; I’m doing this`.”
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The Vaani Kapoor-led Netflix show came at the right time for Vaibhav Raj Gupta, as he was looking to break his good-boy image from his much-loved series, Gullak. He played the role of the family`s sincere elder son.
“I worried that people were looking at me only as Anubhav Mishra [his character in Gullak], even though I had done other shows,” he shared.
However, what he thought was a trouble became his biggest advantage, as Aditya Chopra, who produced Mandala Murders, had seen his work in Gullak and was impressed by it.
“I learnt that Adi Sir and Uday [Chopra] Sir supported Gopi Sir’s choice. Both of them had seen the show, and my casting happened in 10 days,” he recalled.
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