from running a dance school in delhi to now playing a prominent character of paritosh in the tv show anupamaa aashish mehrotra says he has come a long way i came to mumbai from delhi eight years ago in delhi i used to run my own dance school and it is by teaching students there and saving that money that i could come to mumbai and pursue my dream of becoming an actor says ashish adding after struggling for the first few months i got my first show which was fear files of a montage scene and i earned rs 1500 from it in fact the scene created quite a buzz in my colony and like a typical delhite he spent the first income on treating his friends in mumbai just like most people in delhi even i believed in showing off then so maine woh saare paise uda diye but now i am more of a mumbaikar as i now believe in saving the only delhi boy trait that is left in me is of treating people to good food and daaru he saysrupali ganguly and aashish in anupamaa bcclrupali ganguly and aashish in anupamaa bcclapart from dancing and acting aashish is also into painting i paint chaos and two minds on acrylic on canvas it was because of my paintings that i was able to pay my rent during lockdown i sold two paintings for a handsome amount and that saved me from the financial crunchaashish mehrotra bcclaashish mehrotra bcclbeing a back bencher it was difficult for aashish to convince his parents to let him be creatively sound when i told my parents that i wanted to act they asked me to complete my graduation first and then do whatever i want to i still feel those three years of my life could have been utilized better had i come to mumbai unfortunately indian schools and parents still give emphasis to academics only a child who is good in arts dancing or acting will be forced to study subjects which will have no use in his life later