A man becomes a Mahadev, only when he fights for good. A Mahadev is not born from his mother's womb. He is forged in the heat of battle, when he wages a war to destroy evil. Har Har Mahadev - All of us are Mahadev.
A man becomes Mahadev only when he fights for good.
I'm not holding on to Mahadev. The audience is.
Is there a God superior to Mahadev? I don't think so. If there was, I would have done it.
I used to plan a lot. I have stopped planning after 'Mahadev.'
For me, playing Mahadev has been the biggest challenge, honor and satisfaction.
Since Mahadev' ended, I was waiting to play more larger than life characters.
I have made peace with the fact that Mahadev is going to be with me forever. The character had a universal appeal.
At a time when mythologicals were considered obsolete, Devon Ke Dev Mahadev' revived the genre.
Considering that I am playing Mahadev, I need to look fit all the time. To achieve this, I workout six days a week.
Till the last breath of mine I can't really dig away Mahadev' from me. But as an actor I have to play other roles and move on.
'Mahadev' got me most recognition. But I have to say that post 'Kyunki'... I was offered everything under the sun. Being an outsider, who didn't have to work too hard, I was overwhelmed.
I want to constantly do better and better as an actor in Mahadev' and hope audiences will go on showering their love on the show.
I have been approached twice before for Mahadev.' But they were for some other characters. This was the third time. I didn't want to say no because being an Indian we are all attached to Ramayan and Mahabharat and it is an honor for me to play Sita on screen.
I am sure the audience that looks on me as a Mahadev knows that at the end of the day, I am an actor playing a God. But that doesn't exonerate me from a social responsibility.
The problem is, Mahadev is the Supreme Being, the Ultimate God. I've already played the Supreme Power. After one climbs the Himalayan peak, one can only go down from there. Any thing I do, any God I play would be a climb-down.
Man is born to trouble. Man is born for trouble. Man is born to battle trouble. Man is born for the fight, to be forged and molded--under torch and hammer and chisel--into a sharper, finer, stronger image of God.