remember the handsome hunk who ruled millions of hearts with his first music video chod do anchal yes we are talking about rajniesh duggall mr grasim india 2003 who had become a rage amongst the ladies all thanks to his chiselled body and swoonworthy looks that got him all the attention from the masserajniesh who was a model made his acting debut with vikram bhatts horror flick 1920 in the year 2008 his journey from modelling to acting wasnt that easy but the actor learnt how to smile despite hurdles and fight against all odds from breaking perceptions to supporting his family rajniesh worked hard to earn his place in the film industry and emerge as a successful actor for this weeks against all odds segment etimes got in touch with rajniesh duggall to know more about his struggles failures and of course his success storyexcerpts from the interviewlockdown dairieslockdown is over now for me i am shooting for my next projects i remember i was shooting for bagaavat in march before the lockdown we were shooting in lucknow then thank god we decided to stop the shoot just before the lockdown and came back home then during the lockdown i focused on gardening writing did a few online masterclasses also did a little cooking and spent time with my daughter and wife it was a good time to be with the family but again the entire lockdown was too long and we started seeing how our economy was getting affected especially for a country like india that has a huge population sab log ghar pe baith gaye toh chalega kaise in a way it breaks your heart but that is the realitybiggest challenges in careerthe biggest challenge that i faced was coming from a modelling background into acting because everyone takes you as a model look wagayre chalta hai but acting pe baat aajati hai sidha even if you are putting 100 per cent from your side you are emoting well doing every possible thing this stereotype of model turned actor doesnt leave one very easily but yes as an actor it is also my job to break that and touchwood dheere dheere its breaking or rather it has been broken with certain roles now of late whichever roles i have got in 2019 and 20 its all going to completely rattle the viewers because they all are completely different powerful rolesfinding ways to tackle hurdlesthe first hurdle was the image of a model turned actor and secondly i dont come from a filmy background but again that was a risk i chose mujhe pata tha mera koi backing nahi hai aap khud hi aaye ho kisine toh nahi bola tha anekeliye so i took it as a challenge i was aware that this is going to happen and i have to deal with it and keep working on it and moving forward so i have to make my own resources and connections in the industry i did a