Somashukla Sinha Walunjkar
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Delhi boy Rohit Bakshi's freshly scrubbed face makes him perfect as a reel good guy. Rohit, a Commerce graduate (from Delhi University) and a trained fashion designer (he comes armed with a diploma from IIFT, Delhi) caught a train to Mumbai hoping to make a mark on the ramp. "I groomed myself as a model, went around distributing my photos and landed some assignments, enough to keep the home fire burning. It was difficult doing fashion shoots in the beginning but I had to prove a point to my parents who would have written me off otherwise," remembers Rohit.
Rohit stumbled on television purely by accident when a friend recommended him for a brief cameo on Titliyan (Sahara Manoranjan). But it was Rohit's good son-in-law act in the star-studded Balaji soap, Kyunki Saas Bhi Bahu Thi that really made him a household name of sorts. "I've done other stuff as well, like a negative role in Kahiin Kisi Roz, a cameo in Tu Kahe Agar (Zee) and Manzilein Aur Bhi Hai (Sahara Manoranjan) but I guess folks really like me as Tulsi Virani's son-in-law. In fact the kind of phonecalls I got after doing Kahiin.. is overwhelming, they hated me as the bad guy." Rohit's making amends by slipping comfortably in the good guy's shoes again in Kaahin To Hoga. "I play one of the three main protagonists and it's my first big role. In Kyunki... I sometimes find myself at the centre of things, but mostly it's like working in a hit movie where I am just one of the stars. Kaahin.. is my first solo role and I like being Piyush, a regular rich guy every oung girl wants to take home to mama."
Rohit doesn't mind being typecast as the good guy. "It's not an issue with me at all. Who would mind playing a hero? I like having the spotlight trained on me, it's neat having everyone paying you so much attention and treating you like the most important person. I want to be a hero in mainstream Mumbai films too, so television is a good training ground for me and perfect until I get what I want – a film role."