Quotes from Mohit Raina

Initially when I was working on TV, people would ask why I'm not trying for films. My reply was that I was enjoying TV and had no reason to shift.

Once I was in Varanasi, a man in his mid 40s came to meet me from Jalandhar. He touched my feet and asked for blessings. I was stunned. I picked him and hugged him. He said he is blessed now. I think that was the most memorable moment in my life.

For 'Shiddat,' I knew I had to look, feel and sound like a seasoned resident of Paris.

My initial years on TV have been fulfilling with the kind of shows that I have done and the characters I have played.

I never entered the industry with hopes of making it big instantly.

Any character that has a reference or baggage or emotional trauma, I personally feel, leaves an impact.

India is known to be a peace-loving country, we try to keep our peace treaties intact with other countries.

Since I grew up in Jammu, all my school and college friends are from there and the area's language, Dogri, is slightly similar to Punjabi, so I understand a bit of Punjabi.

Period dramas have their own challenges. One must work hard to ensure that you don't just embrace the character you are playing, you also have to understand the smaller nuances of the period to deliver an authentic experience.

As a kid, since I was born in Kashmir, I have been to the Amarnath caves.

I am from Jammu and Kashmir.

Maybe after Kaafir,' big producers will trust me with solo projects. They would be able to believe that I can shoulder a film.

I am sure the audience that looks on me as a Mahadev knows that at the end of the day, I am an actor playing a God. But that doesn't exonerate me from a social responsibility.

I don't party or socialize.

I expect filmmakers to look at talent and realize that the medium should open up more for TV actors too.

I am happy in my own space.

I work for creative satisfaction. It's my hunger for good work that motivates me to explore.

I have not spoken about my personal life earlier and I choose to maintain that.

I always wanted to be part of Mumbai's entertainment world.

Both mythology and history interest me.

I have always been fascinated by the uniform and the army.

Many people think that dieting is starving yourself. But that is never a right way to control your diet.

Every character gives you something or the other, and you can't calculate it unless you are living the character. You learn something about the character that stays with you.

At a time when mythologicals were considered obsolete, Devon Ke Dev Mahadev' revived the genre.