vishal kotian who has been a part of shows such as dil vil pyar vyar sshh koi hai and devon ke dev mahadev among several others is happy with the roles he has played in his television career over the years looking back at his 20year long journey he says i was 17yearsold when i won a modelling contest and then 18 when i got my first break i didnt even go for an audition i had gone with a friend to shakti samantas office and his son asked me do you want to act i told him i didnt know acting but he insisted and that is how i was cast for dil vil pyar vyarvishal started his career alongside ali asgar an interesting bit of trivia is that in my first show ali asgar was my coactor and now after 20 years we both are working together in akbar ka bal birbal i keep telling him that i have learnt a lot from him and that it has always been a pleasure to work with himthings have changed over the years those were the days of weekly shows and later daily shows came into existence when we used to work earlier the quality of content was much better but today shows are technically superior with all the vfx and other technological advancements acting has remained a constant in my life over the years and i am happy that i am competing with younger actors now he signs off