Ashish Vidyarthi, one of the most talented actors in our country is making a come back on television after 10 long years with Zee's upcoming soap Waaris. Having now done a hell lot of films, the actor had started his career on television with Mahesh Bhatt's Swabhiman.

Let us share some golden moments with this versatile actor and try to learn more about his real self and also his thought on the loss of creativity in current films.

Q. How does it feels to be making a come back on television after ten years?
A. I don't look at it as a come back. I am just doing an interesting role that was offered to me.

Q. What is Waaris the serial all about?
A. Waaris is a story of a family and like all other families even this family thinks that who would inherit the huge property of the family. It's a story related to the underworld.

Q. What character do you play in this serial?
A. My character's name is Rudrapratap. He is a father and except his elder son no one else in his family knows that he his connected with the underworld.

Q. So does the son take up the legacy of his father?
A. Hopefully we all will get to know about it in just 100 to 150 episodes (laughs).

Q. What one thing about the serial you liked most that made you accept it?
A. I was more attracted towards the story of this serial which it is not like the other daily soaps. This serial has emotions, action, family bonding and underworld.

Q How was it working with Bhushan Patel?
A. I have worked with him many times before also and it is always wonderful working with him.

Q. How is Smriti Irani as a producer?
A. I have seen a vision in her. She is not like other producers who come and pay you. I respect her a lot for it and I am really enjoying working under her production. I liked the way she has come out of her legacy and working. Besides doing her normal duty as a producer she also has a lot of creative ideas and thoughts for which I respect her.

Q. Any kind of creative inputs from her side during the shooting of this serial?
A. She (Smriti) is engaged with this serial in many ways. I very often ask her or call her whenever I have to inquire anything about the serial. It's a very open kind of atmosphere.

Q. Don't you think that with so many films being getting produced now-a-days, the creativity have got lost somewhere?
A. When you do your work some of it may not be liked by the audiences, but that doesn't mean you will stop working. This is our work and if you don't like one work of ours then we will try to do it better in our next performance. A regular film maker will always keep trying something new and creative.

Q. What do you think of reality shows?
A. Things which are being liked by people are good, that can be a reality show, a dance show or anything else. As long as it is entertaining people, it is a good thing.

Q. Apart from this serial aren't you doing any films now?
A. I am doing a film called Red Alert with Anant Mahadevan and then there is another film called Shout with Wilson where I play the lead character with Seema Biswas. Besides that I am doing four Tamil films and four Kannada film. Sabir Rahman