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The charming lives of TV stars
Finally, television actors are flaunting a lifestyle that was once the privilege of film actors, says Mohammed Wajihuddin
Unlike Mona Singh, who became a household name almost overnight, Ahmedabad-born Ronit Roy acted in a hopeless film, directed a serial, ran a security agency for film stars (his Ace Security and Protection provided security to the unit of Aamir Khan's Lagaan), before hitting the big time as Mihir Virani of the popular soap Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. On Balaji's payroll, Roy is rumoured to get Rs 10 lakh a month. With a house at Lokhandwala and a Scorpio to drive, Roy is among the wealthiest television stars. His wardrobe resembles that of a maharaja's — it has everything from sherwanis to suits. But shoes are Roy's weakness.
"I must have collected over 90 pairs," informs the actor who has a difficult job of playing the ideal husband of India's best-known bahu Tulsi or Smriti Irani of Kyunki....
The charming lives of TV stars
Finally, television actors are flaunting a lifestyle that was once the privilege of film actors, says Mohammed Wajihuddin
Unlike Mona Singh, who became a household name almost overnight, Ahmedabad-born Ronit Roy acted in a hopeless film, directed a serial, ran a security agency for film stars (his Ace Security and Protection provided security to the unit of Aamir Khan's Lagaan), before hitting the big time as Mihir Virani of the popular soap Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. On Balaji's payroll, Roy is rumoured to get Rs 10 lakh a month. With a house at Lokhandwala and a Scorpio to drive, Roy is among the wealthiest television stars. His wardrobe resembles that of a maharaja's — it has everything from sherwanis to suits. But shoes are Roy's weakness.
"I must have collected over 90 pairs," informs the actor who has a difficult job of playing the ideal husband of India's best-known bahu Tulsi or Smriti Irani of Kyunki....
