/> After Gol Maal there's a whole lot of bliss in Sharman Joshi 's life.

The genial actor who whooped it up with Ajay Devgan, Arshad Warsi and Tusshar Kapoor in the comedy, started his career playing Shabana Azmi's truant son in Vinay Shukla's Godmother. "I remember how sweet and kind she was to me."

There was long gap between Godmother and the avalanche of comedies that followed in Sharman's career.

"I really enjoyed doing Gol Maal. And I'm very proud of all the comic films I've done. In fact N Chandra's Excuse Me and its sequel Style got me into the thick of Hindi films," confesses the 33-year old actor who got a fresh lease of life this year with Rakeysh Mehra's Rang De Basanti. "

Actually everyone connected with the film benefited immensely. It was like a new beginning for me. Suddenly the quality of roles improved," says Sharman.

In fact he's now moving away from comedy. After trying it repeatedly with immense success in films like Shaadi No 1 and Gol Maal, Sharman said no to Indra Kumar's Dhamaal.

"Yes I said no. But it isn't as if I'm tired of comedy. It's just that the actor within me craves to try out as many genres and styles as possible. So yes, my next two films were more serious in tone.

Anurag Basu's Metro and the other Raqeeb, a Raj Kanwar production for T Series which Anurag Singh directed. So yes it's a break from comedy," says Sharman who comes from a family of distinguished theatre actors.

"My father and uncle are both from the theatre. And I'd happily return to my theatre roots whenever my film career ceases to satisfy me. At present films are an uplifting experience. I'm totally into it."

Married for seven years, Sharman has a baby. Strangely he doesn't put that large a premium on success. "I do value success. But I don't do a film with one eye at the boxoffice. For me work satisfaction is far more important than success. "