Ankit Arora:My character Shivdutt in Chandrakanta can go to any extent

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Posted: 8 years ago

Ankit Arora: My character Shivdutt in Chandrakanta can go to any extent to achieve what he wants

TNN | Updated: Mar 25, 2017, 07.42 PM IST

Versatile actor Ankit Arora, who has acted in shows like Ramayan, Jyoti, Raziya Sultan and Ashoka among others, is seen in a new and exciting avatar in Nikhil Sinha's show Prem ya Paheli - Chandrakanta. His fans are excited to know that the handsome actor is playing a negative role in the show.

He reveals, "I am playing a negative character called Shivdutt. It is always fun to play a character with dark shades, and this one is particularly interesting because he can go to any extent to achieve what he wants. This makes my character all the more interesting and I love playing such roles."

Chatting with us, Ankit shared more about his character. He says, "I have worked a lot in making Shivdutt completely different from my previous screen characters, especially Ankit shared more about his character. He says, "I have worked a lot in making Shivdutt completely different from my previous screen characters, especially Sushim. It is somewhere similar to Sushim but still, I'm finding ways to make it look completely different. I have grown my hair long to give it a natural look. Even the beard is original, because I feel that if we apply fake stuff, it is somewhere visible."

Ankit takes 30 minutes to get into the look of Shivdutt, which he says is quite unique. He says, "I take around 30 minutes to get ready. Also, I feel the whole look put all together is very unique. The hair style and the beard look quite nice, and I personally like it a lot. Also, I have gained a little weight for this character as it was required to match Shivdutt's personality."

The talented artiste has done extensive work in mythological shows and he says he enjoys doing them, "My first show was the mythological Ramayan and I learnt a lot from that show. And I enjoy doing such shows. For example, playing Laxman was the toughest role I have essayed in my life. Before getting the role of Laxman I had to face quite a lot of struggle which was the most challenging phase for me. But now I feel that it was all worth the effort."

He also says that he is lucky to be working with producer Nikhil Sinha whom he terms as one of his favourite producers in the industry. He says, "Nikhil Sinha ji is one of my favourite producers till now. I have learned a lot from him. He is a very down to earth person and gives actors space to work their way. He makes us feel very comfortable." And what about his co- actors Kritika Kamra and Gaurav Khanna? " Gaurav and Kritika are wonderful people. It is amazing to have co-actors with whom you get along properly as it affects our acting also."

As a parting word for his fans, Ankit lists two great reasons to watch the show Prem ya Paheli - Chandrakanta. He says, "We had seen Chandrakanta a long time back. Even I was a kid then. But I think this time it is going to be even more grand in terms of costume, sets, concept. So it's a must watch!"

Sure thing, Ankit! We wish you make a great impact with your perform ace this time too!

Edited by hinz - 8 years ago

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Sanchita2017

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Posted: 8 years ago

I hope that ankit as well as other actors and creative team have read the original novel also besides watching nirja guleri's show. I hope that they are not making the serial after reading the outline or summary of the story from net and watching nirja's show. Because if they are doing this then they are committing the same mistake which nirja did due to which her show flopped. I hope Nikhil sinha and team will not disappoint their viewers and I hope they have read the book also in print form. Because only then they can do justice to the show. I have big doubts that nirja read the book. Otherwise she won't have taken such liberties with the novel and created a flop show.

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Posted: 8 years ago

Nikhil Sinha has read the novel i think during one of the interviews at the start he mentioned tht he did. But they still need to make changes to the character since the novel is pretty light cominlcal based. I am reading the novel now and so far Virendra's character is not at all strong, which I dont like as of now.
But i guess later on he becomes strong because of the situations.
The show cannot be exactly like the book, not just this show but many other movies/shows based on famous book always show differences while keeping the basic idea same.

I think they will keep the basic idea of her being trapped in tilism abd Viru trying to get her out the sake. The rest will probably deviate but by not crazy amount. (DD show was so boring, its on youtube thy had good actors but worst storyline)

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Sanchita2017

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Posted: 8 years ago

Originally posted by: naturesk
Nikhil Sinha has read the novel i think during one of the interviews at the start he mentioned tht he did. But they still need to make changes to the character since the novel is pretty light cominlcal based. I am reading the novel now and so far Virendra's character is not at all strong, which I dont like as of now.
But i guess later on he becomes strong because of the situations.
The show cannot be exactly like the book, not just this show but many other movies/shows based on famous book always show differences while keeping the basic idea same.

I think they will keep the basic idea of her being trapped in tilism abd Viru trying to get her out the sake. The rest will probably deviate but by not crazy amount. (DD show was so boring, its on youtube thy had good actors but worst storyline)

I agree with your statement 👍🏼