Inspiring the audiences to conquer their own dreams, ambitions and achieve their own Everest, Star Plus’ new series ‘Everest’, written and produced by Ashutosh Gowariker is wooing the audience with a unique storyline.
The two-male protagonists, Sahil Salathia and Rohan Gandotra, were in Bhopal here on Tuesday to talk about the show and shared their experience with Ashutosh and their dream debut on television.
Notably, Everest is the story of Anjali, portrayed by Shamata Anchan, a 21-year-old girl who gets a rude shock when she realises that her father always wanted a son.
The show also follows the journey of Arjun Sabharwal (Sahil Salathia), a 28-year-old mountaineer whose greatest ambition in life is to challenge Mt Everest and Aakash Joshi (Rohan Gandotra) a dare-devil journalist who wants to climb Mt Everest despite his fear of heights vertigo problem. All three debut on television with Everest and have worked hard to bring to life their nuanced and layered characters.
While talking to the mediapersons, Rohan says, “I had to undergo acting and rigorous mountaineering workshops to play the character of Aakash convincingly. It has been a challenge for me and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity too to debut with a maestro like Ashutosh Gowariker.” Rohan was selected from over 200 people to play the role of Aakash Joshi and had undergone 7 look tests.
Sahil Salathia adds saying, “I feel extremely honoured that Ashutosh Sir chose me as one of the leads of the show. It was after a series of look tests that I was finalized to play Arjun Sabharwal. After that, I breathe, sleep, eat and live Everest during every moment of my life, as I have given all I have to play this role as narrated by Ashutosh sir.”
The series has brought together some of the finest artistes from both, Bollywood and Television Industry. Apart from launching the three leads, the stellar cast also includes Suhasini Mulay, Mohan Kapoor, Milind Gunaji, Rajat Kapoor, Manish Choudhary, and Kishori Shahane and Mohan Kapoor which was launched on November 3 on Star Plus.