Kushal Tandon opened up on his six-year hiatus from small screen in a recent interview. The actor will now be seen in Ekta Kapoor’s upcoming TV show Barsatein alongside Shivangi Joshi.
Kushal Tandon fans are in for a delight as the actor is all set to make his comeback on television after a hiatus of six years with Sony TV’s upcoming romantic drama Barsatein – Mausam Pyaar Ka in which he is paired opposite Shivangi Joshi of Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai fame.
Kushal’s last fictional show was the romantic thriller Beyhadh alongside Jennifer Winget and Aneri Vajani. In a new interview with Hindustan Times, the popular actor opened up on why he took his own sweet time to sign a TV show.
The publication quoted him as saying, “Less is better. I only believe in doing good projects; less work but better quality. After Beyhadh, I did a few web series and a ZEE5 movie. I was busy with that and my restaurant business. Then there was COVID-19 as well. When something nice comes up, I take it. I don’t do it just for the heck of it like a saas-bahu drama. After Beyhadh, there was no nice love story and then this came up. Ekta ma’am told me, ‘I only want you to play this role because I have especially written this role keeping you in mind.”
On being asked what makes Barsatein different from other romantic soaps on TV, he explained, “It’s a very young age love story and very realistic. Shedding light on his character Reyansh, Kushal said that he holds the business of a news house and is particular about his stories. Calling him a person who is very ‘righteous, nonconformist and non-feminist’, he revealed that Reyansh has a wall around him which he never let anybody come in between.
“He is very charming, and very good at his job. He takes on the ministers and other influential people just to tell the right story. Aradhna (Shivangi Joshi) comes into his office and falls for this guy. The show has a tagline – ‘Dil todne wale pe hi dil kyu aata hai’, i.e. why girls fall for the person who breaks their heart,” Kushal shared.
The Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai actor said that he looks for good stories and added that after exploring suave, good looking and charming characters, he was keen to have a rugged look.
“I am playing a newsroom honcho for the first time. Earlier, I got roles which were almost similar to my personality. So I want to play something in which I don’t have to look good. I would do something like Mirzapur very soon. I am in talks with somebody because I am from Lucknow. I have that lingo. I hope I do some good roles which overpowers my personality and my looks, and in which I can do more acting,” Kushal told the tabloid.
Barsatein is slated premiere on July 10 on Sony TV.
