when he started his journey in showbiz he became a part of television shows that enjoyed trps which shows of today can only aspire of achieving judwaa 2 actor vivan bhathena has shows like kyunki saas bhi kabhi bahu thi kumkum ek pyara sa bandhan chhoona hai aasmaan maayka among others to his credit interestingly when he made a foray into films he happened to win projects that too became as wellknown he started with shah rukh khanstarrers chak de india rab ne bana di jodi and aamir khanstarrer talaash and was recently seen in judwaa 2 where he played an antagonist opposite varun dhawan currently hes awaiting the release of rohit shettys sooryavanshi starring akshay kumar after spending decades in the industry vivan now looks back at his journey and also opens up about branching out as a producer in a tellall chat he also shares the betrayals he faced in bollywood and how his wife nikhila kept him sane throughout read on vivan bhathenain the past few months a lot of outsiders came out in support of bollywood amidst the insideroutsider debate they stated that there has been no lack of opportunities for outsiders in the hindi film industry you too had no connection in the film world and came a long way from modelling to television to movies how has your journey been i am of the opinion that filmmakers wont invest rs 100 crores in you outsiders and launch you as a hero because they are not building an asset of you obviously they invest in star kids because they see them as their assets if you want the same attention then you need to prove your mettle unfortunately the sad part is that for the outsiders it is this proving journey which takes a very long time i was lucky that director nikkhil advani took a risk and signed me for hero 2015 he gave me a negative role he fought for me he even added some interesting scenes featuring me in the film salman bhai khan producer of hero too added a fight scene for me yes like other industries there is politics in bollywood too though that cant be your excuse you need to keep working hard till you are given an opportunity to show your worth also now with the advent of the digital medium there are so many opportunities around this is the time when people who never thought of becoming an actor are joining the industry so i dont know why anybody would complain today i have put in 23 years of my life into this field and i know it is not going to be an easy pathway straight to the top i know it is going to take time and effortaamir khan in laal singh chaddha and salman khan in radhe your most wanted bhaiyou have had a wonderful lineup of movies but did you regret not taking something up or something that slipped out of your