Be it Mahadev, Diya aur Baati Hum, Balika Vadhu or Madhubala, all are topping the charts. Acting and story of these shows of course matters but what is common among all are the chiselled bodies and rippling abs of their male protagonists!
It could be just by chance that all these actors have had their share of modelling and won different talents at various man model hunt competitions. But the production houses seem to be encashing on this ready opportunity to attract audiences, as male models no longer look down upon television as a weak medium.
For Siddharth Shukla, who plays Shiv in Balika Vadhu, says, television provided him a better scope for acting after he was placed as runner-up in Gladrags Manhunt, and offered various commercials. "TV?is the best crash course for acting which is hardly any in advertisements. I am not from an affluent family and after I lost my father, I ventured into modelling. I had been modelling from 2003 to 2008."
Seen more on tv than on ramp now, his hectic schedule makes him work for about twelve hours a day, still he ensures time for his gymming.
"I get up at 5.30am and make sure that I work out for one and half hour before I?go for shooting," confesses the hunk who has become a heart-throb of young females.
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