"Anurag Basu is as good in television, as he is in films": Mishal Raheja
News
oi-Staff
By Super Admin
Wednesday,
May
30,
2007
Mishal
Raheja
is
a
happy-go-lucky
boy
who
has
got
the
opportunity
to
work
with
Anurag
Basu
-
one
of
best
directors
in
the
industry
today
-
for
his
first
television
venture
'Love
Story'.
He
started
his
glamour
career
with
MTV
and
is
on
the
small
screen
now.
He
aspires
to
be
in
Bollywood
soon,
but
is
presently
concentrating
on
his
present
assignment.
Here
is
an
excerpt
from
tete-a-tete
we
had
recently.
Is
this
your
first
venture
in
television?
No,
it
is
actually
my
second
venture
in
television.
The
first
one
was
for
MTV
show
'Pyaar
Vyar'
and
'All
That'.
How
is
your
experience
in
this
serial?
It
has
been
a
pretty
good
experience
so
far.
Each
day
is
a
different
and
resourceful
experience
for
me.
I'm
lucky
to
be
working
with
such
great
people
like
Anurag
Basu.
What
else
can
I
ask
for
at
such
a
young
age.
How
has
been
your
experience
with
Anurag
Basu?
Oh,
he
is
a
fabulous
director.
He
is
as
good
in
television,
as
he
is
in
films.
I
could
not
get
a
better
director
to
work
with.
He
is
the
best
learning
school
for
a
new
comer.
He
is
a
very
easy
going
person
and
knows
how
to
extract
the
best
from
his
actors.
So
would
you
like
to
work
with
him
in
a
film
too?
Why
not?
I
would
certainly
love
to
work
with
him.
I
want
to
work
in
films
together.
I
think
that
television
is
a
mere
stepping
stone.
Any
actor
from
television
would
always
want
to
get
into
films
and
would
be
lying
if
they
said
that
they
did
not
want
to.
Tell
us
something
about
your
character?
My
character's
name
is
Akash
and
he
is
a
very
reserved
kind
of
a
guy.
He
has
two
friends
and
does
not
need
anyone
else.
His
father
had
died
when
he
was
around
six
years
old
and
thus
is
an
extremely
rowdy
guy.
He
has
such
characteristics,
but
then
he
is
not
a
bad
guy.
He
is
a
back
bencher,
but
does
not
hurt
anyone.
He
is
one
such
guy
who
does
not
like
injustice
and
thus
the
police
are
running
behind
him
because
he
had
put
up
a
fight
with
some
other
guys.
All
this
is
happening
in
his
life
just
because
of
a
girl.
How
did
'Love
Story'
happen
to
you?
I
guess
they
had
seen
me
in
MTV's
show
and
that
is
how
I
was
selected
for
the
role.
How
well
are
you
being
able
to
relate
to
your
character?
(Laughs)
I'm
not
at
all
like
Akash
in
real
life.
I'm
a
happy-go-lucky
person
who
just
cannot
keep
quiet.
For
every
actor
the
first
few
days
are
a
little
difficult
to
get
into
the
skin
of
the
character
and
it
also
happened
with
me.
But
now
I'm
comfortable
playing
my
character.
How
is
your
rapport
with
your
co-stars?
I'm
really
glad
that
I
have
got
such
talented
and
good
co-stars
to
work
with.
There
is
always
something
happening
on
the
sets.
Any
incident
you
would
like
to
share
with
us?
Actually,
every
day
is
an
incident
(laughs).
Yet,
I
remember
the
first
day
of
the
shooting
when
Harsh
Chaya
and
I
had
to
roll
down
the
stairs
and
we
did
the
stunt
ourselves.
It
was
the
first
time
that
I
was
doing
a
stunt
and
was
nervous
at
the
first
take.
However,
after
every
take
I
gained
in
confidence
and
completed
the
sequence.