Manasi is the boss and I'm the peon: Rohit
Actors your age are playing dads. How come you are still playing a loverboy?
The audience love to see me play the loverboy. I'm not against actors playing dads. But that's not for me. As far as I'm concerned, even when I'm 45, I'll play 25 and I'll die 18 at heart.
You usually don't have too many shows in your kitty. Are you being choosy?
It's important to maintain your exclusivity. There is no point in doing two or three shows at a time and confuse your audience. I see no harm in being choosy.
Your brother, Ronit, is a permanent fixture in the Balaji camp. Do you have problems with Ekta?
When two big people don't work together, people think there is some problem between the two. It's true that I was offered a role in Kasauti..., which I refused. It was not to my liking and I'm used to playing the central character. Ekta completely understood this. I would like to work with her and she really wants to work with me too. And I'm not saying this to sound politically correct.
Did you refuse Kasauti... because you don't want to be overshadowed by Ronit who plays Mr Bajaj in the same serial?
That's not true. Ronit has really worked hard to reach this point in life. I like playing the romantic lead and in Kasauti... there is no room for me as a romantic lead. So why should I take up some unimportant role just to be in a popular show?
Apart from acting, you have also ventured into production...
Yes, but that's my wife Manasi's baby. She aims at producing shows which are completely different from the crop of shows on the telly today. But the fact remains that I don't have much to do in the company. Manasi is the boss and I'm the peon. SS
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