Rohit
Saraf
says
he
owes
his
new
found
fame
to
his
fans
but
at
the
same
time,
the
actor
believes
that
he
has
a
responsibility
towards
himself
to
be
happy
and
enjoy
the
work
he
is
doing.
After
featuring
in
films
like
Shah
Rukh
Khan
and
Alia
Bhatt-starrer
Dear
Zindagi
(2016)
and
the
2019
drama
The
Sky
is
Pink,
Saraf
became
popular
for
his
portrayal
of
a
lovestruck
guy
in
Anurag
Basu's
crime-comedy
Ludo.
The
24-year-old
actor
followed
the
film
with
the
Netflix
series
Mismatched
the
same
year
where
his
romantic
character
acquired
him
a
dedicated
fan
following.
Saraf
said
the
kind
of
love
that
has
come
his
way
is
surreal.
"To
wake
up
every
day
and
realise
that
there
are
thousands
of
people
sending
love
and
support
your
way
is
one
of
the
biggest
things
for
me.
I
grew
up
loving
actors
from
a
distance
but
still
felt
so
close
to
them.
I
feel
like
to
be
on
the
other
side
right
now
is
one
of
the
biggest
opportunities
I
could
ever
have," the
24-year-old
actor
told
PTI
in
an
interview.
For
the
Nepal-born
actor,
the
responsibility
now
is
to
keep
delivering
to
the
expectations
of
the
audience.
However,
Saraf
said
he
also
want
to
steer
clear
of
the
pressure
to
succeed.
"There
would
be
pressure
if
I
let
myself
feel
that.
There's
a
huge
number
of
people
I'm
inevitably
responsible
towards
but
my
biggest
responsibility
is
towards
myself.
I
need
to
be
happy
with
what
I
am
doing.
I'm
thoroughly
enjoying
what
I'm
doing
so
I
don't
think
of
the
pressure.
I
am
the
kind
of
person
who
over-thinks,
so
I
don't
want
to
get
to
a
point
where
I'm
creating
scenarios,
taking
pressure
and
being
unhappy.
Till
the
time
I
am
happy,
the
directors
I'm
working
with
are
happy,
I'm
home,"
he
was
quoted
as
saying.
The
actor
will
be
next
seen
in
Netflix
anthology
Feels
Like
Ishq.
His
short,
Star
Host,
is
one
among
six
stories
which
aim
to
chronicle
modern
day
love.
In
the
Anand
Tiwari-directed
segment,
Saraf
features
as
house
host
Aditya,
who
strikes
a
bond
with
his
guest
Tara,
played
by
Simran
Jehani.
Saraf
said
his
character
in
the
short
is
polar
opposite
to
him
in
terms
of
how
he
views
relationships.
While
Saraf
is
a
stickler
for
clarity
in
relationships--right
till
wanting
to
know
how
everything
in
it
will
pan
out--Aditya
is
content
with
open
ends.
He
said,
"I
need
everything
to
be
linear
and
correct.
I
like
to
know
the
beginning
and
the
end.
If
we
are
talking
about
relationships,
I
like
to
know
what
is
the
end
of
it,
to
have
a
closure,
just
so
that
I
don't
build
scenarios
in
my
head.
I
thought
that's
the
correct
thing
to
do.
But
what
this
story
taught
me
was
that
it's
ok
to
not
have
closure,
to
not
have
an
end
to
a
particular
relationship.
I'm
not
like
Aditya,
I
am
someone
who
is
articulate
about
how
I
feel.
For
me,
it
was
a
bit
strange—I
wouldn't
say
difficult—to
not
be
that."
Saraf
had
a
three-day
reading
session
in
Mumbai
before
the
team
left
for
Mahabaleshwar
to
film
the
short.
But
Saraf,
instead
of
feeling
assured
about
the
trajectory
of
his
part
in
the
reading
sessions,
was
left
"confused."
"I
felt
extremely
under
confident
because
I
just
wasn't
getting
it.
I
felt
if
I
was
not
understanding
the
character
or
if
I
would
be
able
to
achieve
it.
The
entire
pressure
to
let
the
character
down
started
to
play.
What
really
helped
was
the
two
hour
workshop
we
did
one
day
before
the
shoot.
We
built
Aditya's
character-
the
way
he
talks,
walks,
expresses,
we
found
everything
in
that.
Anand
sir
comes
from
a
theatre
background,
which
is
why
we
did
these
exercises.
The
kind
of
rush
I
felt
in
those
two
hours
is
something
I
continue
to
chase
everyday," he
added.
Produced
by
Mutant
Films
and
Awesomeness
TV,
Feels
Like
Ishq
is
scheduled
to
be
released
on
July
23.