Avinash
Tiwari,
who
played
Azad
Shatru,
the
main
villain
in
the
Amitabh
Bachchan
starrer
TV
series
"Yudh",
says
prior
to
the
show
his
experience
was
limited
to
doing
short
films
and
ads.
"Yudh",
the
20-episode
finite
series
that
went
off
air
recently,
has
led
to
curiosity
about
Avinash.
"Prior
to
'Yudh'
I
had
done
nothing
worth
mentioning.
My
experience
was
limited
to
doing
short
films
and
advertisements," he
said.
A
trained
actor
from
the
New
York
Film
Academy,
when
he
auditioned
for
the
role
and
bagged
it,
Avinash
had
no
clue
he
was
finally
going
to
be
the
main
villain.
"When
I
was
called
for
a
meeting
about
the
role
all
I
was
told
was
about
the
climax.
I
had
no
clue
about
the
importance
of
my
role
to
the
plot.
I
was
just
happy
to
accept
the
part
because
I
felt
I
had
enough
opportunity
to
grab
some
eyeballs
through
my
character.
"When
I
auditioned,
I
did
a
small
scene,
which
was
edited
out
of
the
serial.
I
had
no
idea
I
was
auditioning
for
the
show,"
he
said.
It
was
later
that
Avinash
figured
out
the
graph
of
his
character.
And
he
was
zapped.
Avinash
played
a
cold
blooded
murderer,
but
he
doesn't
consider
the
character
a
villain.
"I
don't
think
of
my
character
as
negative.
He
is
justified
within
his
mind
for
taking
his
revenge,"
he
said.
Avinash
is
now
open
to
playing
the
antagonist
in
other
serials.
"If
I
can
similarly
empathise
with
other
characters
as
well,
I
will
do
them,"
he
said.
Meanwhile
Avinash
is
surprised
by
the
faith
that
the
makers
of
the
series
showed
in
his
abilities.
"Honestly,
I
can't
thank
them
enough.
They
gave
me
complete
freedom
to
do
the
role
the
way
I
wanted
to,"
he
said.
Produced
by
Endemol
India
and
Saraswati
Creations,
"Yudh"
was
directed
by
Ribhu
Dasgupta.