Priyanshu Painyuli: Surfing in Sri Lanka was like dwelling my ZNMD second

Jun 18, 2025 08:38 AM IST Actor Priyanshu Painyuli found a brand new ardour: browsing and shares how his current journey to Sri Lanka turned greater than only a trip  Actor Priyanshu Painyuli not too long ago took a break from the calls for of movie units and intense character transformations to reconnect with nature—and in doing so, found a brand new ardour: browsing. A visit to Sri Lanka turned greater than only a trip. “I love water. Any water sport has always excited me. As a kid, it started with swimming. Later, it became rafting and deep-sea diving. Water, I believe, has a humbling quality to it,” says Priyanshu. Priyanshu Painyuli While the actor realized browsing in Sri Lanka, this isn’t the primary time he’s tried his hand on the water sport. “I first tried surfing in Goa, just for a day. But even in that one day, I felt a spark—something I really wanted to pursue,” remembers Priyanshu. That one-day expertise quickly changed into a choice: he and his spouse would journey to Sri Lanka, one of many world’s premier browsing locations, to actually study the game. “I’ve only done a very basic course, but the experience was profound. Surfing isn’t easy; it really challenges you. But more than that, it changes you. There’s something powerful about just being in the water, with the waves. You shut down everything around you. Your senses heighten. You find yourself in a different kind of stillness, even amid chaos,” expresses the 36-year-old actor. Having additionally skilled deep-sea diving up to now, Priyanshu in contrast the 2. “When you dive, you’re in another world for 45 minutes, breathing through oxygen that isn’t your own. You feel small. You realize your problems are even smaller. Surfing gave me a similar sense—like, wow, there’s so much more out there, and within me.” He additional provides, “The whole experience reminded me of that Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (ZNMD) scene where Hrithik Roshan dives and finds a kind of stillness. I felt that. It was powerful.” Though adventurous by nature, he admitted he hasn’t but conquered each concern. “I love heights, and I really want to try skydiving,” he says, wrapping up.