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'I've been hounding Mahesh Bhatt for four years now'
Rohit Roy on moving from television to films
SUBHASH K JHA
Rohit Roy is determined to prove he's got the energy level of a multi-tasker. Just when his wife Manasi Joshi Roy has launched their production house, not to mention a website devoted to her husband, Rohit shot non-stop for Viraasat.
Laughs Rohit, "Viraasat has caught on in a big way. And since we were doing a dance sequence I was also screaming at the top of my lungs, so my voice is almost gone."
However, there was no respite for Rohit who rushed from the sets of Viraasat to another song-and-dance sequence for Apoorva Lakhia's Shoot-out At Lokhandwala. "We had to shoot the climax song, and there was no way I could delay. I wish, I could learn from my brother (Ronit Roy) about how to take a nap between shots. I can't rest while working. So, basically I didn't sleep for almost two days at a stretch. It felt like hell. But at the end of the day it was worth it."
Viraasat is expected to be on air until June this year. After that Rohit takes a sabbatical to get into movies. "Among my films, Shoot-Out At Lokhandwala will release first. After that I'm doing a short feature film by Sanjay Gupta called Gubbare where I got to share screen space with Nana Patekar for the first time."
Rohit has a prominent part in Gupta's autobiographical Gubbare where he gets to co-star with his wife Manasi for the first time.
And Mahesh Bhatt who directed his debut serial Swabhimaan 15 years ago, will finally cast Rohit in a feature film. "I've been hounding Bhatt saab for four years. We met again last week. And he finally said, 'Bachche, you're on.' Working with Bhatt saab will be like coming home."
The Mahesh Bhatt film with Roy is expected to be directed by Mahesh's wife Soni Razdan.
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