Monday,
November
12,
2007
When
he
played
the
17-year-old
Dr
Ayushman,
he
was
actually
much
older
than
that
.
And
Vinod
Singh
managed
to
carve
out
a
separate
identity
for
himself.
The
youthful
Vinod
now
plays
Rohit
in
the
film
'Daughter',
of
the
Natvi
Banner,
thus
setting
foot
on
the
big
screen.
The
small
screen
is
his
first
love,
however,
and
he
plays
Vicky
in
Sahara
One's
'Ghar
Ek
Sapna'.
As
far
as
films
are
concerned,
Vinod
thinks
it
is
a
matter
of
fate.
"I
do
not
believe
in
differentiating
between
the
small
screen
and
the
big
screen.
The
medium
is
not
important,
your
work
is," he
stresses.
Which
is
why
he
has
no
qualms
about
doing
a
bit
of
theatre
as
well,
and
he
was
seen
in
the
play,
'Black
Market'.
In
fact,
he
wants
some
more
theatre
work
because
he
thinks
it
is
a
challenge.
"There
are
no
retakes
in
theatre,
and
there
is
no
need
to
look
good
all
the
time,
unlike
films
and
television.
I
believe
that
if
one
is
appreciated
for
his
theater
work,
then
he
is
the
real
actor,"
he
adds.
Vinod
is
very
selective
about
the
work
he
takes
up,
which
is
why
he
has
not
been
seen
in
too
many
serials
since
'Ayushman'.
He
does
not
believe
in
adding
too
much
work
to
his
profile,
just
to
prove
himself.
His
aim
is
to
entertain
the
audience.
"I
am
not
too
attached
to
money,
either," he
states,
adding,
"I
need
just
about
enough
to
live
well,
and
that
is
all
that
is
necessary."
He
believes
that
there
is
no
point
haggling
over
money,
since
he
will
not
be
able
to
carry
it
with
him
when
he
dies,
and
therefore
it
is
a
waste
of
time
to
pressurize
self
and
others.
Vinod
has
set
a
record
of
sorts
in
the
advertising
world.
He
has
endorsed
various
products
in
181
ads,
over
a
period
of
seven
years.
This
is
all
thanks
to
his
youthful
face,
obviously.
He
is
almost
always
seen
as
the
boy
next
door,
trying
to
woo
the
girl
next
door.
He
is
playing
Ayub
Khan's
younger
brother
in
the
film,
'Daughter',
who
inspires
his
socialite,
childless
brother
and
sister-in-law
to
adopt
a
12-year-old
girl.
The
actor
has
a
lot
of
respect
for
the
girl-child,
and
is
willing
to
shoot
anyone
who
treats
a
girl
badly,
he
confesses.
"Girls
teach
us
how
to
love.
As
far
as
I
am
concerned,
there
should
be
more
girls
everywhere," says
the
actor,
"we
should
revere
the
girl
and
be
grateful,
for
the
rest
of
our
life,
and
beyond."
And
this
is
not
all
just
talk.
He
had
supposedly
walked
out
of
'Ayushman'
because
of
his
co-actor,
Neha
Mehta,
who
had
a
problem
with
the
director.
He
dismisses
this
as
media
hype,
and
says
that
he
was
tired
of
working
more
than
16
hours
a
day,
and
anyway,
the
show
went
off
air
after
he
left.
He
blames
the
media
for
the
misunderstanding
between
Neha
and
him,
adding
that
the
two
of
them
stopped
speaking
because
of
the
various
rumours
linking
both.
Now
that
all
that
unpleasantness
is
over,
Vinod
is
concentrating
on
his
film
career.
True
to
character,
he
is
being
choosy
about
the
roles
he
accepts.
And
he
can
afford
to
be.
His
commercials
get
him
all
the
money
he
needs.
He
even
refused
to
play
Shahid
Kapoor's
friend
in
Imtiaz
Ali's
'Jab
We
Met'.
He
is
now
going
through
the
various
offers
in
hand,
with
a
sieve,
and
will
take
up
something
that
he
believes
in.