Smriti Irani is very pleased to have a veteran actor in home production, Virrudh on Sony TV. We are citing at Vikram Gokhale who essays the role of a shrewd industrialist, Dhirendra Raisinghania. She was pleased as a punch when Gokhale signed the dotted line. Insiders reveal that Smriti has been enunciating that her father is a huge fan of Vikram and now that she was working with him, it meant a lot to her. Gokhale is a well-known film actor with movies like Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam to his credit. Few know that for Virrudh, he had let go off a few film proposals. The reason for accepting this offer on the small screen is the plum and powerful role of a business magnate and media baron which really excited Vikram. He is the whole and sole of the show with the entire story revolving around him. It's better to be a big fish in a small pond that a small one in an ocean. Hence, Tellywood's gain is Bollywood's loss, we guess!