Aashish Mehrotra is fondly known as Paritosh or Toshu from Anupamaa.

In ETimes televisions Tellyblazer sector, Aashish specifically discussed his struggle in the television industry, the ups and downs.

He got honest about his daddys death during the pandemic and how he has been coping with that loss.

Aashish also discussed how he started his journey with Roadies but after a couple of stopped working efforts he decided to come to Mumbai and start his journey into acting.

Take a look at some excerpts from the Interview: I feel blessed to play Toshu in AnupamaaI really feel that if acting wasnt tough I would not be doing it.

If you see the graph, Toshu in Anupamaa has constantly been on a roller coaster trip from the first day.

From being intoxicated to all those enjoyable notes he has actually explored all the tones.

With the present track, I feel blessed and I am really enjoying it.

It is a really thin line between overdoing and underplaying the character and I am glad that I have actually reached the right track.

It is overwhelming to get such a positive response.I would have packed my stuff and took a trip back home but Anupamaa happenedIt is a psychological story because Anupamaa happened prior to the lockdown.

I bagged this function nearly a month before the pandemic and that day I provided around 15-20 auditions in a day.

I was incredibly stressed as I had no work for quite a long time.

It was a breakthrough minute where I needed to make or break.

I would have packed my stuff and travelled back house or elsewhere, made some money and then come back to Mumbai.

I was fortunate to get this role.

I would not have done Paritosh if Rajan sir would not have sat with me for an hour and made me understand the character.

I followed my gut feeling and provided it a shot.

Instead of going with preconceived notions.I still wish to prove it to my daddy that, Papa maine kar diyaHonestly, I havent truly come out of it.

I am still in that zone where I miss him every day and want him to see where I am today.

I desire him to be in Mumbai with me and mommy.

I want to take care of his expenses and show to him that, Papa maine kar diya.

I am holding on to that feeling as it makes me feel closer to him and I wish to keep feeling that.I was numb when I got the news of my daddys demiseIt was a lockdown and we remained in Silvassa.

Mumbai was completely closed.

It was very tough to take a trip back to Delhi.

I got an employ the early morning around 7:15 am and I couldnt understand since my mommy was also weeping on the call.

I remember I went to give my shot as I was truly late that day and in the middle of the shoot I was getting calls from mother.

When I was familiar with the news, I was shattered.

I was numb, I didnt understand what to do, or what would occur.

The night in the past, I had actually spoken to him and he was totally great.

Rajan sir made it possible for me, within two hours I was at Mumbai airport and I flew back to Delhi.

I was able to do the last rites for my dad.

I will be in debt and forever grateful to sir.There is a different understanding of the industry in DelhiComing from a non Industry background family, remaining in Delhi it becomes a various ballgame to understand how the Industry works.

In Delhi, all of us think, body bana lo, Mumbai aajao, audition do aur star bann jaoge.

However that isnt how the industry in fact works.

Behind all this, there have actually been many sleep deprived nights, empty pocket days, and oversleeping kitchen area and bench days.

There have been days when you are saving money to make it through on water and parle G.

All this is possible only when you actually wish to be an actor.

At that point, all this does not matter, you will enjoy this.

Today, I discuss it happily and I am blessed and happy for those days that I am still grounded.I had actually locked myself in the room after not getting RoadiesI started with Roadies, I had given auditions for 3-4 years back to back.

However those were failed efforts, then I lied in your home and went to Chandigarh and provided an audition from there.

That is when I got chosen, GD got cleared however once again I didnt get picked after the PI so I locked myself in the room.

I believed, no issue.

You want to become a star so lets go to Mumbai.

I packed my bag and gathered all the funds, I utilized to teach dance so everything that I earned from there I collected everything and concerned Mumbai.I was unemployed in the very first four months in MumbaiFirst 4 months, I was unemployed but with a good face, I used to get an entry to give auditions.

In those days, Balaji utilized to have those slips so I utilized to go and give auditions.

I wasnt a pro at acting and now I have gotten more experience.

I did 14 shows, more than 50 episodics, 25 ads, more than 7 brief movies and a great deal of plays in this whole journey.

All of this made me who I am today and all those programs hold the same value in my life regardless of fame.

That journey made me worthy of bagging Anupamaa.Casting couch is a part of the market, I was able to manage it and move onCasting Couch belongs of this market.

If you are lucky then you leave from it and if you are not fortunate then you face it.

Eventually, it is your choice I feel.

I havent discover such people who tie you and get their work done.

There is a point of view too, if you are fine with it then you can not call it a casting couch.

At times I feel that the casting sofa is blamed because such people assume they will get a role through that procedure, regardless of not being qualified for it and after that they put the blame on it.

I have gone through such circumstances but they werent essential enough to discuss.

By gods grace, I was able to handle it and I have moved on.I changed to 9 various homes in the very first year itself in MumbaiDuring my first year in Mumbai, I changed to 9 different houses.

Some factors from the property owner to a friend, his sweetheart and so on.

I stayed in the very first house for 6-7 months but in the last 5 months, I ended up changing 8 houses.

I have no regrets it did teach me a lot about how I need to deal with such minutes.

Mumbai only gives you space when you are constantly working on yourself and growing.

If you are fortunate enough, then you will endure in this city and keep growing with it.I would do Jhalak for my love for dancingNone of the above.

Honestly, I am not produced Bigg Boss.

If I ever want to do it then it would be just for conference Salman bhai.

I would do Khatron for the stunts and Jhalak I would really plan on providing for my love for dancing.

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