By: Faisal Saif
Many of us are unaware of the news that Santosh Shukla, who is currently busy in shooting for Salman Khan’s upcoming venture ‘Mental’ played the role of Lord Shiva in Mahua channel’s ‘Jai Jai Shiv Shankar’.
Until now the actor portrayed various deities from Lord Ram to Lord Krishna and gradually became face of mythological sagas. He was quite fortunate because he got the opportunity to participate in Colors’ biggest controversial show Bigg Boss, which refined his life for the better. “It’s really difficult to portray divine roles but sometimes it’s even more difficult to break the image because once you do a mytho, the chances to get type cast are much higher. I am triumphant enough to get the image makeover, “says Santosh Shukla.
If given an opportunity will he play Lord Shiva again? The actor asserted, “Lord Shiva? Na baba na. Television par Shiva ke roop mein ab sirf Mohit Raina achche lagte hai (No ways, Mohit Raina looks the best as Lord Shiva on Television). He is an amazing actor.”
According to Santosh, Mohit is playing a very important role in making the show such a massive hit apart from the huge production values, sets, amazing costumes and writers. “I was quite shocked when I saw him as Bhagwaan Shankar. Playing Lord Shiva in such a huge mythological show that is larger than life is not a joke. In ‘Devon Ke Dev… Mahadev’, Mohit carries himself so gracefully that one can’t even expect someone else to play Lord Shiva in any other show. I actually want to meet him and congratulate him for doing such a fantastic job. He is best Shiva till date,” quips Santosh.
