Anuj is the mouthpiece of the audience in ‘Anupamaa’: Gaurav Khanna

Mumbai, Sep 25 : Actor Gaurav Khanna, who plays the super-successful business tycoon Anuj Kapadia in the show Anupamaa, says that the show has attempted to change many old beliefs and try to set a new perspective for viewers.Gaurav explains: "The show has quashed many age-old beliefs and thats why it is the number one show because it has held on to the pulse of the viewers.

Its high time that television comes out of the regular patterns and they deliver something new to the viewers because too many similarities are happening of late and thats why Anupamaa came as a pleasant surprise.

"In the show Anujs thoughts and understanding of things are opposite of Vanraj (Sudhanshu Pandey) and he not only wants Anupamaa to succeed because she was his college crush but he also takes a stand for whats right.With his beliefs and opinions, the makers have yet again set an example.

"Anujs understanding on the show and his character gaining importance in the story right now, I would say he is sort of a mouthpiece of the audience, like what the audience would think or they would want to do in a certain situation is what Anuj technically does or ends up doing eventually.""He is an extension of the audience in the story and thats why people can connect with him so much because its their understanding in the form of a character and the way they would want Anupamaa to go forward in life and the way they want her to get out of the shackles of the society and the household she is in," he adds.

While the audience is liking Gauravs on-screen performance, they are also loving his off-screen bond with Rupali Ganguly, who plays the titular character in the show.Talking about his bond with his co-actors, he says: "My maximum number of scenes are done with either Rupali or Deepak Gheewala Ji.I have very good bonding with both of them because I feel if the bonding is strong off-screen it transcends on-screen as well.I want people to understand me as a person so that when I do something impromptu on-screen or I add a couple of lines to make it more Anuj or real then they should understand the pauses and they should take it up from there.

That is what happens with Rupali and Deepak Ji.