TOI: BV my moms fave show--Shashank

Shashank Vyas has become a household name today. His character Jagya in Colors' Balika Vadhu is now getting sympathy from the fairer sex.

He is very happy with the adulation he is getting these days. But there's one person he misses most — his mother. "She is no more today. But she has been the biggest support in my life. She loved Balika Vadhu and watched it regularly. Today, I'm part of the show that my mom loved most and I'm happy about that."

He has come a long way, he tells us. "When I was offered this show I was nervous because the serial is a brand in itself and I had to step into the role, the audience was waiting to see," he says.

Coming from a small town it wasn't easy for him to start from scratch but he says it was his determination and love for acting that has taken him where he is. "I always wanted to act but just didn't know how to go about it. I decided to come to Mumbai because this is where it all begins. I knew I could entertain people and always had this dream of doing so. I think God answered my prayers," he signs off.