India, Oct. 14 -- Amol Parashar isn't your typical on-screen drifter, but he plays one exceptionally well. Whether it's the free-spirited Chitvan in TVF's Tripling or driving solo across five countries for a travel show in 2019, he brings with him a rare lightness-the kind that comes from someone deeply familiar with movement, change, and the art of starting over. Perhaps that's because long before the scripts and spotlight, Parashar was already in motion, shuttling across Indian cities with his parents' transferable jobs. "I think the universe has typecasted me," he jokes in a conversation with Travel + Leisure India & South Asia, reflecting on how these nomadic roles have found him again and again.

What once felt like a disruption in h...