Laughs Rohit, "Ever since Viraasat went on Star One from Star, it has caught on in a big way. And since we were doing a dance sequence I was also screaming at the top of my lungs, so my voice is almost gone."
However there was no respite for Roy who rushed from Virasat to another song and dance sequence for Apoorva Lakhia's Shoot-out At Lokhandwala.
"We had to shoot the climax song...And there was no way I could delay...I wish I could learn from my brother (tv actor Ronit Roy) about how to nap between shots. I can't rest while working. So basically I didn't sleep for almost two days at a stretch. It felt like hell. But at the end of the day it was worth it."
Rohit's Viraasat is expected to be on until June this year. After which Rohit takes a sabbatical to get into movies. "My first feature film out would be Apoorva Lakhia's Shoot-Out At Lokhandwala after which I'm in a short feature film by Sanjay Gupta called Gubbare where I got to share screen space with Nana Patekar for the first time. He was such a learning experience."
Rohit also has a prominent part in Sanjay Gupta's autobiographical Gubbare where he gets to co-star with his wife Manasi Joshi for the first time.
And Mahesh Bhatt who directed Rohit's debut serial Swabhimaan on Doordarshan 15 years ago will finally cast Rohit in a feature film. "I've been hounding Bhatt Saab for four years. We met again last week. And he finally said, 'Bachche, you're on.' Working with Bhatt Saab again will be like coming home. Albeit on a much larger screen."
The Mahesh Bhatt film with Roy is expected to be directed by Mahesh's wife Soni Razdan.