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.
You may have an older audience in front of you holding the Bible and a younger audience holding an iPhone. You don't want to lose either audience.
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.
Steadfastness, that is holding on; patience, that is holding back; expectancy, that is holding the face up; obedience, that is holding one's self in readiness to go or do; listening, that is holding quiet and still so as to hear.
Holding auditions in front of an audience is testing.
A man becomes Mahadev only when he fights for good.
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.
Don't let a single comic moment pass you by; then help the audience get the laughs. Give them permission to laugh by holding for laughter and by letting them know early on what they're in for. In the first few moments, the audience is gathering information, looking at the scenery and costumes. Create a comic moment as soon as you can.
Since Mahadev' ended, I was waiting to play more larger than life characters.
Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.
At a time when mythologicals were considered obsolete, Devon Ke Dev Mahadev' revived the genre.
I have made peace with the fact that Mahadev is going to be with me forever. The character had a universal appeal.
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.