Exclusive - Karan Patel: Wasted a lot of time between Kasturi and YHM when I had no work due to my bad behaviour; could have done so much better

Actor Karan Patel got candid about his stint with Television. He shared how Ekta Kapoor gave him many chances. They also had many fights and stopped talking for some time but the bond remained the same. Karan shared that he has reservations about doing OTT content if it involves nudity, love making or foul language. The Yeh Hai Mohabbatein actor also spoke about his daughter Mehr and how fatherhood change him. (Photo: Instagram)

Ekta has given me many chances and even forgiven many of my mistakes. We fought on many occasions, didn’t speak to each other and did not work with each other for years but when two people have heart to heart connections, it can’t be ignored and eventually we came together for Yeh Hai Mohabbatein. Out of the blue Ekta offered YHM to me and at that time I had no work for 3-4 years. She asked me to come and meet and she also told me how everyone was asking her to not cast me but she wanted to work with me. That’s destiny. (Photo: Instagram)

After doing YHM and immediately after marriage I realised where I faltered. That’s when everything came back to place. Now, I’ve become more mature but the child within me is still alive. I’m still naughty, impulsiveness, hyper all this basic characteristics I still have. (Photo: Instagram)

I wasted a lot of time between Kasturi and YHM when I had no work due to my bad behaviour. I could have done so much better. I regret not getting this kind of maturity or having this kind of clarity back then. But then I will contradict my point that I would have not realised the importance of the struggle I went through. (Photo: Instagram)

I just feel blessed that the rough patch or my bad behaviour did not continue for long and I realised how wrong I was and rectified it. Also, Ekta’s belief in me is probably is most responsible. Ekta’s belief in me and my wife Ankita’s support came at the right time for me. (Photo: Instagram)

Fatherhood has changed me a lot. Mehr my daughter she is a power house, she is bundle of energy and a very creative child. She is amazing and had a memory of an elephant. I think she got this from me. I don’t read my scripts, I just read them once, she has got a photographic memory. (Photo: Instagram)

I am refraining and keeping away from television because I personally feel that our television content is very regressive. We ourselves are not able to understand what should we expect from the society, then we blame the society. Like, we promote Beti badhao, Beti padhao but then we make shows on child marriage or where daughter-in-law’s get tortured. Then there is hypocrisy. Joh aap sikhana chahte ho Woh dikhao. (Photo: Instagram)

For me OTT is a beautiful medium but we ended up making it very big because there was nothing to do in lockdown. Since OTT had no censorship, toh gadhe Ghode saare race mein daudne lage. There have been some extremely beautiful shows but we can’t deny that there has been some pathetic content also. There are shows which has sex and violence without any reason. Because they think skin show will sell. I will be cautious while choosing subjects there. I want to be part of something which is content driven. For now I want to focus on big screen. (Photo: Instagram)

I don’t believe in nudity and I don’t believe in kissing on-screen. I also can’t abuse on-screen. I believe lot of the fans that I have belong to the kids category and I don’t want in any way to influence them wrongly. I keep away from that. (Photo: Instagram)