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We caught up with Jaipur boy Ashish Sharma and actress Sanaya Irani braving the Jaipur winter at an event in the city recently. Braving the cold winter winds, the TV stars came decked up in the attire akin to their upcoming show Rangrasiya, but were soon forced to put on warm clothes as the event was in the open air.

Sanaya came all decked up in Rajasthani attire and jewellery, while her co-star Ashish was dresed as a BSF officer. Their new show is based in Rajasthan and the actors have been shooting amid sand dunes for a while now, battling the harsh weather conditions in the desert state.

Talking about her role, Sanaya said, "Portraying Paro's character was not a cakewalk for me as it is a demanding role. Nevertheless, I took up the challenge and did this role." Ashish, who hails from Jaipur, and is familiar with extreme weather conditions of Rajasthan, did not face much difficulty. For Sanaya, it was initially very tough to cope with the climate, but the actress decided to soldier on.

Talking about the difficulties she faced while shooting, Sanaya added, "Walking barefoot in the scorching desert gave me blisters on my feet, but that did not deter me in any way. The excitement to do something different just goaded me on. I am thoroughly enjoying every moment while shooting for Rangrasiya."

Ashish is equally upbeat about his role in the serial. He is playing a rebel, and said, "Rudra is a rebellious and headstrong character and I had to get under the skin of the character to make it look convincing."

From playing a historical character Chandragupta Maurya to essaying the role of an ambitious youngster who chooses his career over his love, TV heartthrob Ashish Sharma, has always played different roles on the small screen. The actor says he's very choosy about his characters and he would rather sit at home than be a furniture in a popular daily soap.

"I'd rather sit at home than be a part of a popular show and be a piece of furniture. I'll choose to sit at home or I'll not do a very popular show and do good work and have a good sleep. There are too many positive and goody male characters on TV and they work so its good for them. I feel each to their own. If it works for them its fine. I don't connect to such characters so I won't do them." says Ashish.

Ashish, who is once again playing a grey character in Nautanki Films' Rang Rasiya after his last show Rab Se Sohna Isshq is not at all bothered of getting typecast in negative characters, "If you see the roles that I've done so far whether it was Gunahaon ka Devtaa, Chandragupta Maurya or Rab Se..everything has been starkly different from each other. And now in Rang Rasiya the whole set up that you will see is very different. I choose grey characters as I enjoy playing a human character. I don't shy away from showing the shortcomings of my characters. In Chandragupta Maurya also though he was a positive character he had his shortcomings. I feel on TV the makers of Indian daily soaps shy away from showing shortcomings in a character. We always portray the brighter side of life because they are selling dreams but as an actor its my conscious choice to keep my characters real to show what we are in real life or to choose characters which are close to real life because I will be able to portray these real life characters more convincingly than the unreal characters," concludes the actor.

Who says in the glamour world two actresses can't be friends? Small screen's two popular actresses Drashti Dhami and Sanaya Irani has proved it wrong. Sanaya, who will soon be seen in Nautanki Film's Ransgrasiya on Colors doesn't consider Drashti as a competition.

"There can be no competition between me and Drashti. Why can't two people be happy and friends together. I think Drashti and I will together rock colors," said Sanaya at the launch of Rangrasiya.

Though the actress doesn't consider Drashti as a competition, she is all geared to take on real-life beau Mohit Sehgal who is now part of Qubool Hai which airs at the same time slot of Rangrasiya, Sanaya says, "Yes and I am going to take him down, I've told him. But I also feel that there is place for all good shows at the same time slot. When I was doing Iss Pyaar Ko, Balika Vadhu also aired at the same time slot but both the shows did well. So I hope it happens this time too," concludes Sanaya