Top 70 Mohit Raina Quotes

I never entered the industry with hopes of making it big instantly.

As an adult, I have got few chances to visit Delhi’s places such as Chandni Chowk or Janakpuri, but my connection to these places is still strong, as I would go there as a child.

Considering that I am playing Mahadev, I need to look fit all the time. To achieve this, I workout six days a week.

I don’t party or socialize.

I search for thrill in my characters because I am a boring person.’

I have done scenes where I’ve had to hold the hand of a girl and tell her that I love her. And frankly I did not enjoy that much.

People have gotten to know I visit the gym every day. They are there to meet me every day.

Nobody wants to marry a God. Once I become a human being, there will definitely be marriage proposals.

He is Lord Shiva and Lord Shiva is a sexy god. The plan was to show him as being sexy. And that worked for us. I don’t take the credit for the character at all.

The kind of attention I get is way beyond my comprehension.

Since Mahadev’ ended, I was waiting to play more larger than life characters.

Being in front of the camera was very liberating for me.

India is known to be a peace-loving country, we try to keep our peace treaties intact with other countries.

Being someone who has always been fascinated by the forces, it is a great honor to play Havildar Ishar Singh, who sacrificed everything for his country. To live his life for seven months while shooting will always be a special experience for me.

I need to show my toned muscles because I will be always in Lord Shiva’s look and people will get to see my bare body.

I was in the NDA (National Defence Academy) when the Kargil war happened, and I was all set to join the Indian Army. But my family was not keen. In addition to that, I got rejected because of my poor eyesight.

I am from Jammu and Kashmir.

I do a 15-minute meditation and breathing exercise every day after shooting. That helps me to come out of character.

I am sure the audience that looks on me as a Mahadev knows that at the end of the day, I am an actor playing a God. But that doesn’t exonerate me from a social responsibility.

Wherever I go people start calling me lord Shiva. It feels awesome.

After Jama Masjid, I always stop at India Gate as exploring Delhi is never complete without visiting that place where I spent so many evenings as a child.

I always wanted to be part of Mumbai’s entertainment world.

I have always been fascinated by the uniform and the army.

One can’t let success go to the head or failure pull you down.

I was in the hospital for 15 days. This was the first time I was in a hospital for such long period, and that too, in a COVID ward where you don’t get to interact with anyone.

I hardly eat sweets and I’ve cut down on carbs.

My initial years on TV have been fulfilling with the kind of shows that I have done and the characters I have played.

I have not spoken about my personal life earlier and I choose to maintain that.

What you eat is important and what is eating you is equally important.

Both mythology and history interest me.

I was also a fat kid, trying to go to college and just study and grow up with friends. At that time, fitness was not at its boom.

I’m not at all shy.

I want to constantly do better and better as an actor in Mahadev’ and hope audiences will go on showering their love on the show.

Till the last breath of mine I can’t really dig away Mahadev’ from me. But as an actor I have to play other roles and move on.

There was a lot of unlearning to be done when I moved from TV to films.

Any character that has a reference or baggage or emotional trauma, I personally feel, leaves an impact.

I used to plan a lot. I have stopped planning after ‘Mahadev.’

The writer of Kaafir,’ Bhavani Iyer had to keep the story with her for 13 years, the producer, Siddharth Malhotra, could only provide justice to the story after struggling for eight years.

Every character gives you something or the other, and you can’t calculate it unless you are living the character. You learn something about the character that stays with you.

Maybe after Kaafir,’ big producers will trust me with solo projects. They would be able to believe that I can shoulder a film.

A person should have positive attitude in his life and it will thus reflect on a healthy lifestyle.

As a kid, since I was born in Kashmir, I have been to the Amarnath caves.

I have always been an animal lover and I had pet dogs at home. On the day of Diwali, they would be so disturbed and scared that they would hide in a corner and would not come out. I had decided then that I would stop buying crackers on Diwali.

Fitness is easy to achieve but very difficult to maintain. Therefore, it becomes a life-long process which you have to live with and need to be extremely disciplined.

Dharma Productions’ films are mounted on a grand scale; a TV show cannot match it.

I plan my meals according to my body weight.

I don’t feel an image can really bind an actor.

I don’t make any plans, as life never happens according to plans.

It just clicks when you meet the right person.

Initially when I was working on TV, people would ask why I’m not trying for films. My reply was that I was enjoying TV and had no reason to shift.

I have a very strange connect with Lucknow. Though I have never got an opportunity to come to Lucknow, I have been hearing about the city from my mom for the past 30 years!

‘Kaafir’ is an eight-episode series; but while shooting, you really don’t know which part is for which episode.

I’m a very boring person.

You have to be flexible according to patterns and needs of director.

I am a complete foodie.

When it rains, I do a lot of indoor exercises; when its pleasant, I play a lot of tennis and do swimming, and opt for outdoor sports and running.

Had it not been for the emergence of OTT platforms, Kaafir’ would still be a story on papers.

Many people think that dieting is starving yourself. But that is never a right way to control your diet.

I participated in Grasim’s Mr. India contest in 2006. That’s how it all started for me.

I’m fortunate to be loved by all age groups.

For Ishar Singh, the only thing that mattered was his duty, service. The utmost priority was to serve the nation at any cost and be true to his people.

It is very exciting to be in a period drama like 21 Sarfarosh: Saragarhi 1897.’

I am happy to see that it is not just me, but even my friends and family now believe in green Diwali and we celebrate together eating lots of good food and sweets.

I was more than happy making my own path.

Maintaining a beard is serious business.

I didn’t want to miss the chance of working in a film like Uri.’

I think we should all try and do our bit to celebrate an eco-friendly Diwali to bring about an environmental change.

Once I was in Varanasi, a man in his mid 40s came to meet me from Jalandhar. He touched my feet and asked for blessings. I was stunned. I picked him and hugged him. He said he is blessed now. I think that was the most memorable moment in my life.

Period dramas have their own challenges. One must work hard to ensure that you don’t just embrace the character you are playing, you also have to understand the smaller nuances of the period to deliver an authentic experience.

I work for creative satisfaction. It’s my hunger for good work that motivates me to explore.