thats what amdavadis call me nakuul mehtaright from the hotel lobby to the porch and then from the stairs till the walkway of sabarmati riverfront everywhere we only heard people saying thats shivaay singh oberoi of ishqbaaaz and nakuul mehta was patient to pose for selfies with almost everyone who asked him basking in the glory of his onscreen character shivaay that has given the actor a new identity as a serious biz tycoon nakuul confesses i was playing a sweetguynextdoor fellow in my previous project pyaar ka dard hairead alsonakuul mehta celebrates wife jankees birthday in kashmirpopularly known as shivaay from star plus ishqbaaz nakuul mehta recently rang in wife jankees birthday in kashmirmeetha meetha pyaara pyaara i am now glad to play a totally different character and such a prominent one and though he hails from rajasthan mehtas surname makes many people assume that hes a gujarati he has started loving to confuse people too he says many gujaratis who meet me for the first time think aa aapno maanas chhe he is one of our own and many a times i let that illusion settle into their minds because thanks to my wife jankee who is a gujarati i have picked the language pretty wellbing a soninlaw of gujaratnot many know that i have stayed in ahmedabad for few months while i was in school we stayed close to law garden and then i totally used to love going to manek chowk for its food and even bigger attraction was softserve icecream outlet near panchvati which was just one of its kind in the city around that timeit has stayed with me as a memoryand in vadodara i stayed for about two years in alkapuri loved that city for its cosy feel and the way it sticks to its traditions and now as a soninlaw of gujarat because jankee is from ahmedabad i am spoilt and pampered i love my share of delicious gujarati food and being a foodie that is something i crave the most for not only that i have picked up the language pretty well and totally follow gujarati traditions as perfectly as i do my rajasthani rituals traditions what i love about ahmedabad is that the city has retained its heritage and culture just as nicely as it has accepted the modern ways the sabarmati riverfront has left me awestruck it really looks fabuloustv is a big responsibilityim glad to be getting shows of different dimensions on small screeni took a calculated risk waiting for right project i waited for one and half year before signing ishqbaaaz because i didnt want to get into the zone of being a stereotype and that way audience gets bored of seeing you in the similar roles so i got occupied with hosting indias got talent followed by producing a webseries waiting did pay well i am glad to see the show picking such immense popularity in the times when many shows go off air