Ravi Kishen Shukla, the Amitabh Bachchan of Bhojpuri film industry, is relieved and relaxed to be out of Big Boss den. Presently holidaying in the romantic hills of Mahabaleshwar with wife Preeti and kids, he is floored with offers from the Bhojpuri and Hindi film industry. He has signed on Ekta Kapoor's Bhojpuri film titled Gabbar Singh where Ravi is playing the lead with Jeetendra as Thakur. This film is pitted against Ram Gopal Verma's version of Sholay where Amitabh plays Gabbar Singh.

Confirming this, Ravi says, "Once I get back to Mumbai, I will be signing Bollywood films from two big banners. Now I will restrict the number of movies I sign."

Talking about Shilpa Shetty's victory in the UK counterpart Big Brother, Ravi expresses his best wishes to her and says, "I am very happy for Shilpa. She has done India proud."

But was he disillusioned on his eviction? Let's find out:

"Rahul's win is like my very own success. We were two mature people in the house and our thoughts matched. I have come up from scratch and am not hurt because I did not win."

Why, does he think, he was evicted in the last round, when all along his Bhojpuri fans wanted him to be in the house?

"I don't know myself," says the perplexed star. He feels that his fans might have got confused when there were three participants left and would have voted for Ravi thinking that he who gets the maximum number of votes, becomes the winner.

Speaking on his stay in the house, the Jaunpur-born actor reveals, "I was used to peace, music and a luxurious lifestyle as a superstar. The initial days were boring and frustrating. I was aggressive but eventually I calmed down, started praying to Lord Shiva and worked out like mad. I took out my aggression on the treadmill. Later I started entertaining myself by playing pranks, by laughing. I scripted plays and skits and I started enjoying the place. I believe my lines like 'zindagi chandva phir bhi gamandva' became the slogan of the nation."


What were the most difficult tasks in the Bigg Boss house?

The hounds in the complex used to bark early in the morning which was very irritating. I hated washing vessels and missed my kids badly," rues the actor.

And now Ravi is also keen to go home after his holiday and keep up his promise of giving a toe and head massage to his wife Preeti and prepare adrak chai and cook pau bhaji for his daughters Reva, Tanishq and Ishita. About nursing bad blood for the co-contestants who had spoken ill about him in the show, which the entire nation watched, he says, "I will definitely confront the person who spoke badly about me because I believe in clearing things before forgiving them. I heard Aryan said nasty things about me but will forgive him."

So, any lessons from the stay in the BB house?"

Lots of patience and forgiveness is what I have learnt. I have got rid of my ego. I have come above all the accusations of a Casanova image of having affairs. Let people talk."

As for his popularity, Ravi has already got three Hindi film offers and he now wants to shift his focus to doing Bollywood movies as he says, "I will do three Hindi movies and five Bhojpuri films a year."

On taking part in reality shows in the future, Ravi is very clear when he says, "I will never take part in any reality show again. It was like a five star prison and I would not like to repeat the experience." We guess this expresses his disillusionment!