television actor ankur nayyar started his career in 2001 with the show kasautii zindagii kay and ever since the has been doing a variety of roles right from daily soaps to mythos now the actor is all set to make an entry in chikoo ki mummy durr kei he will be playing the role of sameer khaitan who would become chikoos loving father one day the actor says that he has enjoyed playing different characters over the years i started off with shows like kasautii and kashmeer where i was the good guy someone who could never think of hurting anybody even if he was wronged then i started doing negative roles which gave me a lot of space to explore myself as an actor because of the grey shades i was played a cop in shows like savdhaan india which i also enjoyed shows like these keep you on your toes he says when he started his career television content was all about drama but today the content is more real and he feels that he fits in better in the current scenario he adds i like this concept of realism because an actor gets a chance to perform more realistically at the end of the day you have to be a good actor good acting skills are a mandate if i wasnt a good actor i would never have got work he further adds now i feel that i belong to todays entertainment even more than ever before it is more my kind of a thing the kind of work also that i am being offered i am enjoying it even more it is like you are getting to play whatever you want to play initially we didnt have many options we were bound to certain type of roles we couldnt go beyond a certain line i relate to todays scenario even more apart from acting ankur spends a lot of time maintaining his physique as well he shares over the years i have learned that your physique is very important it is not only about physical fitness but working out keeps me mentally and emotionally fit as well tomorrow if i have an action scene i cannot tell the people to wait for me to get into shape first one needs to be ready always same goes for other skills like dancing if i have to do a dance number i cannot say that i havent danced for over a year so i am not comfortable even if i dont have to show my abs i know i have them and it makes me mentally feel good he says