For Ashutosh,’playing’ Ravan was a dream come

“The face of characters may keep on changing,but the voice remains in public memory for long. The challenge of lending my voice to the character of Ravan was even more as mavericks like Manoj Bajpai and Juhi Chawla were dubbing for Ram and Sita respectively.”

“To accentuate the character of Ram,it is essential that Ravan too is ‘played’ meticulously. They both share an ‘unusual chemistry’. As for Ravan,it is a character which is contemporary in every age,” Ashutosh said.

To a query whether he wants the audiences to love or hate him in ‘Ramayan’,he said epics are not to be liked or disliked. “Epics are epics. They are to be accepted as they are.”

On his fewer big screen outings of late,Ashutosh said he is doing at least one or two movies annually. “I did ‘Summer 2007′,’Awarapan’ and ‘Coffee House’. They were all different and good characters. If you are talking about some ‘dhamakedar’ character,then they are always far and between,” Ashutosh said

Currently,the actor is back on the small screen after his reality show ‘Sarkar Ki Duniya’.

Upbeat over the overwhelming response to ‘Kali’,Ashutosh quipped,”The importance of TV and biwi (a wife) is unparalleled in our lives.”