TOI: Love to play a superhero on Tv-Mohit

Telly star Mohit Raina on his small screen experiments, his dream role and new found love for the virtual world

When his Tellytown counterparts are busy chalking out strategies to grab their share of the entertainment pie in the industry through fiction and reality shows, actor Mohit Raina treads a tad different path. Having already tried genres of thriller in the show Chehra and fiction in the telly show Ganga Ki Dheej, the actor is enjoying his stint in his current show Devon Ke Dev-Mahadev, which is based on mythology.

It is this penchant for gunning to do something different that keeps this handsome chap going in life. Mohit is all gung-ho about his role and the character of Lord Shiva that he plays in the show. According to this model-turned actor, who came to try his luck with the greasepaint from Kashmir few years back, essaying this kind of role is not as simple as it seems. "It is difficult to play a role which combines divinity with human touch," says Mohit who adds, "Initially, I was under lot of pressure as I could not exactly visualize the role and was apprehensive. When I went to browse information on Lord Shiva I could not find much information which could give me an insight to visualize Lord Shiva's personality. It was difficult to imagine what his mannerisms would have been. But once I got myself involved fully, I could brace myself up for the challenge."

The actor feels that he got a much needed break after the show Ganga ke Dheej concluded. "But the break lasted only for three weeks as Mahadev happened," says Mohit who wants to focus on his current on screen endeavor. "I am dedicating a lot of time to this show. I do not have any future agendas set. I am not too ambitious and I just believe in playing it by ear," says this commerce graduate from Kashmir, who came to Mumbai and began his career with modeling.

Apart from mythology and fiction, it is action that interests the actor. And the actor says he is eagerly waiting to don the thinking cap of a swashbuckling superhero. "I love to play a super hero on the small screen if such a show is made. I really loved Chirstopher Reeve's autobiography Still Me."

Quiz the actor about his interests in life but he is quicker to talk about his crush in life. And no, it is not about that someone special in his life. Mohit confesses he is smitten by the virtual world of social networking. "I just started connecting on the social networking sites. I am really enjoying it as I am following my favorite celebs on the web. Being an SRK fan, I religiously follow his tweets. It's fun when you get to know so much about a person," says Mohit on a parting note.