Ghai is my father: Ronit Roy

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Ghai is my father: Ronit Roy
By: Vickey Lalwani
May 11, 2006

Ronit Roy

Few know that TV actor Ronit Roy (Mr Bajaj of Kasautii and Mihir Virani of Kyunki) has a special bond with Bollywood showman, Subhash Ghai. "Subhashji is my father. I will do anything for him," says Ronit, who did a brief role in Ghai's Kisna.

The Ronit-Ghai association goes back nearly twenty years. Ghai and Ronit's father (who is no more) were very good friends. Ronit's father told his son to stay with Ghai when he left Ahmedabad for Mumbai to become an actor.

"I stayed with Subhashji (in Bandra), but not once did I feel that I was staying in someone else's house. Aisa lagta tha jaise mera hi ghar hai. He looked after me like his own son."

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Ronit left Ghai's house when he married. "Yet, Subhashji wanted my wife and I to stay with him," reveals the actor. When Ronit wed actress Neelam (his second marriage), he sought Ghai's blessings. "I don't take any important decision without Subhashji's consultation and blessings. When my daughter Aador was born, I took her to him."

Did he also consult Ghai when he was torn between Ekta Kapoor and Manish Goswami's shows? "Of course, I did," admits Ronit. "We are always in touch. It's a relationship that words cannot define."

Interestingly, Ghai dissuaded Ronit from joining films, saying the industry was very unpredictable — you may be riding the crest at one moment, and fall into a trough the next. Initially, Ronit worked as a management trainee at a suburban five-star hotel in Mumbai.

A year later, when his father passed away, he quit his job and joined Ghai as an assistant director. Later, Ronit even tried his hand at freelance editing, doing a number of assignments for Ghai, and helped in setting up Ghai's video division. Before finding success on television.

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