Tanvi Trivedi (BOMBAY TIMES; December 23, 2019)

He might be a father to young children — a boy and twin girls — in real life, but Ashish Chowdhry has no qualms about playing daddy to grown-up actors like Shivin Narang and Rajat Verma in the TV show, Beyhadh 2.

Ask him about it and he says, “I was only doing comedy roles in films. I do enjoy comedy, but for how long will I play the guy who falls from the chair and makes people laugh? I am inspired by Kevin Spacey’s roles in international TV shows and felt that it was time to cross over and do something totally different. If Sanjeev Kumar, who was as old as Amitabh Bachchan, can play a senior character in Sholay (1975), then actors today should not run away from playing older characters, just because they don’t want to age on screen. I could not be a part of Total Dhamaal because I was doing Dev on TV. I can’t forever be part of multi-starrer comedies, sometimes you need to do roles that have maturity and depth.”

When it comes to television, Ashish says that he is not after ratings. “I am looking for a good role and want to play it well. I am not running after ratings. Television is a tougher medium and if your character becomes memorable on the small screen, you achieve more popularity than in a film.”

On the personal front, while most celebs regularly post pictures of their children on social media, Ashish rarely does so. He explains, “I don’t believe in making my kids endorse stuff online, nor do I feel the need to register every moment I spend with them on social media. I don’t like to use my kids to increase my number of followers. Having said that, to each his own, I can’t stop anyone from doing what they want to.”