From business to acting, an Ekta Kapoor find

Mumbai: We all know that most of Ekta Kapoor's female leads are very young. But now even the male leads are getting younger. Karan Kundra, the latest to join the Balaji Telefilms' bandwagon is just

23 years old. Karan, who is from Jalandhar, plays the male lead in Kitani Mohabbat Hai on NDTV Imagine.

The story of Karan getting the role is quite interesting. He says, "I saw Ekta ma'am's profile on a social networking site and sent her a friend request. To my surprise, she accepted it. A few days later I got a call from Balaji and I was selected for Kitani Mohabbat Hai. It was like a dream for me."

Karan is an entrepreneur and runs a call centre in Jalandhar. When asked now that he would get busy shooting for the show, who would manage his business, he says, "I can manage it over the phone. The world has advanced so fast that I don't need to be physically present in Jalandhar to manage it."

Karan has also participated in the Mr India contest. "I was one of the finalists and had won the title of Mr Style Statement. I have done a few modelling assignments in Delhi. I guess acting was the next step after modeling," he says.