The good looking and rusty Ashish Sharma is back with another role of an angry young man in Nautanki Telefilm’s Rangrasiya on Colors. The actor will be playing Rudra, a BSF officer who is true to his country and has no touchy feelings whatsoever. Tellychakkar.com caught up with Ashish at the press launch of his show at Jaipur recently where the actor spoke at length about his new show. Excerpts… “Well, I was given the brief that my character would have shades of Othello and the intensity it has. Having read Shakespeare, I knew the complexity and was well prepared to portray something similar; he is like a volcano, ready to erupt any moment and being in the armed force is his way of venting out his grudges. And due to some past events, he hates good looking women and when his life collides with this pretty Paro (Sanaya Irani), how things change is for the viewers to see,” shared Ashish. “It’s disastrous for an actor to portray similar roles and thankfully I got a chance to play varied shades in all my shows. I also make it a point to have a different look for all my roles. For a TV actor, the character becomes his/ her identity and I don’t want to repeat myself.” When asked if he doesn’t feel being typecast playing another grey shaded character after Rab Se Sohna Ishq in this show, the good looking actor shares, “See, every human being has his/her shortcomings and my character has never been an out-and-out negative one but has been slightly grey due to some situations. Through this industry, we sell dreams and to project characters convincingly is an actor’s job.” “And all the shows on TV where actors are playing goody characters have hardly any meat. I would rather sleep at home in peace rather than be furniture on such shows. Also my producer Saurabh Tewari tells me that I bring out a special intensity on screen. Incidentally, this is missing in my real life personality of the soft spoken guy. So I actually enjoy doing such roles since there is so much scope to perform in them,” the actor quips. Ashish will also be seen doing a lot of stunts and action sequences in the show. Speaking on that, the usual reserved guy smilingly says, “Being a guy, I always had the fascination with guns and action and getting to play it in such a larger than life way, it’s simply a superb experience. Also shooting in my hometown in the sun and sand has been fantastic.” And what about working with the team? “Well this is the third time I am working with Saurabhji and it has been one fruitful journey. As for Sanaya, she is a very nice and beautiful girl and thoroughly professional. I didn’t know her before we started shooting, but she broke the ice; she is such a bubbly person on the sets that makes everyone comfortable. So yes, it’s a great feeling indeed,” he concludes with a smile. The show premieres at 9:30 pm on 30 December.