Popular actor Karan Kundra has received a good response for his latest finite series Tere Ishq Mein Ghayal on Colors. Produced by Yash and Mamta Patnaik under the banner of Inspire Films, the show is very different from what we have been watching on Indian television for a long time.
Talking about his character, Kundrra says that it has been portrayed in a unique way. “Veer Oberoi is a challenging character because it can easily slip into the caricaturish zone. When someone plays a negative role, they end up making it an all-black antagonist, but they are not real. There is no Mogambo in real life, and neither are there absolute good guys. Veer has his own standard of good and bad, he does not care about what people think of him. He is unapologetic and intense. It becomes difficult to make such a character rooted to reality, which is what I am trying to do,” he says.
Ask him if he had any reservations about joining the show, and he says, “When I heard the storyline and character brief, I was excited. I, however, didn’t think I would be able to do justice to the hectic schedules that come with television shows because, over the past few years, I have gotten used to shooting for finite series for OTT platforms. But what is life without a bit of challenge?”
People have been comparing the show to Vampire Diaries. He does admit that this came to his mind as well. “It is obvious, and I am a big fan of the show and Ian Somerhalder. I was worried that I would copy him. Having said that, if we had made an exact copy of The Vampire Diaries, why would anyone watch us? They might as well watch The Vampire Diaries again. It does look like the (international) show, that’s why people are comparing them. But fantasy supernatural shows are a limited genre. When we think of the genre, we immediately think of Twilight, Dracula, or The Vampire Diaries. For instance, if you talk about two brothers and their mother, one immediately thinks of Karan Arjun (1995) or Deewaar (1975). For me, as long as the audiences are drawn to watching the show, it is worth it,” he says.
Festival goers at Glastonbury festival 2025Getty Images 
Pyramid Stage crowd swells ahead of the mystery Patchwork act rumoured to be Pulp Instagram/
Kneecap welcome as political tension surrounds their setGetty Images
Crowds of festival-goers fill the pathways during day three of Glastonbury festival 2025Getty Images 
Daniel Craig poses as James BondGetty Images 
James Bond casting shortlist revealed with Tom Holland Jacob Elordi and Harris Dickinson in leadGetty Images
Is this the youngest James Bond yet as Tom Holland Harris Dickinson and Jacob Elordi lead casting rumoursGetty Images
Shefali Jariwala dies at 42 after cardiac arrest, industry mourns Kaanta Laga starInstagram/
Shefali Jariwala was married to actor Parag Tyagi,Instagram/
Ayushmann Khurrana attends an event at the FICCI Frames 2024 Getty Images
Kamal Haasan waves as he attends a press conference for 'Thug Life'Getty Images
Payal Kapadia smiles during the Jury photocall at the 78th annual Cannes Film FestivalGetty Images
Prabhas in a still from Kalki 2898 AD which completed one yeargetty images
Kalki 2898 AD became one of the top three biggest openers in Indian cinemagetty images
Kalki 2898 AD brought together sci-fi and mythology in a first-of-its-kind Indian filmgetty images
Prabhas plays the futuristic warrior Bhairava in Kalki 2898 AD getty images
Prabhas in action during a high-intensity sequence from Kalki 2898 ADgetty images
Police may probe anti-Israel comments at Glastonbury