Harsh Rajput, who was last seen in Kuch Toh Hai, is all set to play the lead in another supernatural fantasy fiction show Khoobsurat Chalava Hai… Maut Ka Bulava Hai Aa Rahi Hai Pishachini. The actor is paired opposite Nyra Banerjee, who plays Pishachini in the show. He says, “Nyra and I are gym buddies. This is our first show together. We stay in the same area and work out together in the gym.”
Talking about fitness, Harsh had to put on seven kilos for his role. He says, “This role needed me to gain muscle mass, so I would work out for three hours in the gym and would eat around 1 kilo rice everyday. But, putting on weight does not mean you eat mithai, samosas and just about anything. It is important to eat right even when you want to gain weight. It was more about gaining muscle and looking a bit bigger for the show.”
Harsh has earlier been part of fantasy fiction shows but he isn’t worried about getting typecast in the genre. “The genre could be same but my roles are different. I am playing a normal family guy in Pishachini while I was playing a fantasy character in Nazar. So this one quite different from the previous. shows.
The storylines have been different. I enjoy doing adventurous shows like Janbaz Sindbad and Pishachini because shooting for a fantasy fiction show is very different from a regular show, where you are just standing and delivering dialogues. Here, you are performing heavy duty stunts and normally a scene gets over in one take in a fiction show but due to graphics in fantasy shows, one needs 2-3 takes,” he says.
