failure and always nurture myself and believe in the bigger plan of the universessharad malhotra my mentor pulled me through one of the worst phases of my lifeanant patwa my guide mentor my friend walked into my life a couple of years back when nothing was working out right the cards were down energy levels were down when life seemed impossible he held my hand and pulled me through one of the most toughest phases of my life some time back it was like a god sent messenger introduced to me by my best friend for which i thank him for till date we all need mentors at different stages of life and im lucky to have found one he taught me to always remain positive in life irrespective of the situation and love your parents the most as no one can replace themsuhani dhanki i have learnt discipline inspiration and art as a way of life from my guru bharatanatyam is and has always been my first passion and love i aspire to be a reflection of my guru dr sandhya purecha who has inspired ignited and ingrained this discipline in me when i dance i experience a sense of satisfaction and liberating joy which is incomparable its been 15 years since we met and from day 1 i fell in love with her dance i have not only learnt dance but also discipline inspiration and art as a way of life under her whatever i am today i am because of her vikkas manaktala atul mongia helps my emotions flow smoothlyi am extremely fortunate to have a mentor like casting director atul mongia whos helped me be a better version of myself he has been an unmatched inspiration whose teaching is about being centred in all phases of life his approach towards teaching about acting is extremely personal since he aims at making ones life happier by dealing with ones issues which in turn helps ones emotions flow smoothly and organically and i am forever grateful to him for the experiences i have had under his guidancekaran jotwani persis and i hit it off welli havent made a lot of friends in the industry but i randomly met persis siganporia and we hit it off i think it was a mumbai thing my current creative director on the show shes a veteran from the industry who shares a similar vibe and sensation towards surroundings and things similarly how i do we love lights conversations silence around her also is enough for us to communicate what we want shes my mentor here i do my job and go back home but i call her time and again for many decisions we discuss life we discuss stories emotions and more shes made me wise brings in calm during chaotic days and has understood me when maybe a lot wouldnt haveanita hassanandani ekta has been my constant guiding lightekta kapoor is more than just a great friend she has been a