One thing though is I admire Zain for how smart he is about his career.He is a risk taker and open and flexible about doing a variety of roles. It is hard to break into Bollywood so he has to make the best of what he can get on indian tv which is saturated with romantic soap operas which imo are all at some point or the other over the top and illogical. He knows Ishqbaaz was a popular show on a top channel star plus. Gul is a well known producer . He also has a great relationship with Harneet the writer of many popular shows since his Tei days . She was also the writer in TEI He has also said he enjoys playing grey shaded or negative characters as there is more scope and challenge as an artiste so I guess in his view he is paving the way for potential future work with these people. He is also not too proud to dona cameo role after a lead roke as long as the character seems interesting and fun to play . He was also professional enough to thank Mahest Bhatt a well known Bollywood producer for the opportunity in NK and thankful for his opportunity in Ishqbaaz. He knows how to establish and maintain good professional relationships, is a talented hard working actor and well liked by most so hopefully he will go far in his career.
One thing I don't understand is why so many indian soap opera fans seem so possesive of the actors in their real life. They are judged for everything- religion, do they drink or smoke, do they party, who do they hang out with, how do they dress, what roles do they choose - they should only play positive main leads, who they should be paired with, how they should interact with each other . Which fans do they love the best etc. On Zain's ig post there is a big argument. Some NK fans who also call themselves Avneil and Adiza fans who basically ship Aditi and Zain in real life seem to think NK fans are his only fans or his most loyalbfans or love him the most or are the only ones who can express an opinion on his personal and professional life. He has fans from his previos shows too as Abinyav, Yuvraj and Yuvi . Also some people don't ship him with anyone irl or maybe with a costar other than Aditi. What is the big deal. Some fans feel they actually have a say in how he lives his personal or professional life because they can hide behind a user name and express an opinion on social media or they say we know it is his life but we have freedom to express an opinion . Then there are unnecessary fan wars while he is busy living his life . He didn't adk anyone to defend him stand up for him give their opinion unless it is positive or give anyone expectations for anything. Zain's fans call themselves Zainians and he has accepted this term. They are not just NK fans or Avneilians or most Adizians. The guy once thanked his Zainians for their support and got bashed by these groups and had to clarify he meant everyone. He should get an award for the amount of inteusive immature delusional rude and obsessive and compulsive behaviour bashing trolling he has to put up with from some so called fans