maharshi dave whos currently seen in his debut show tera mera saath rahe admits that he landed his first tv show after a lot of struggle talking about his journey he says it all began in 2016 when one of my college friends was casting for a reality show i randomly auditioned for it thinking i may get to be on tv i got selected shot for the show and fell in love with the whole process thats when i started thinking of becoming an actor when youre from a middleclass family you dont always think of becoming an actormaharshi who hails from mumbai adds belonging from mumbai made it a little simpler compared to people who come from different cities and go through other struggles of living here slowly i learnt about where to give auditions and it was difficult there were so many rejections because i was unfit for most characters the first three years were tough i just kept on giving auditions without any success but i learnt a lot in this phase grew more confident in front of the camera and slowly started getting shortlisted for films and adshe continues i was shortlisted for a pivotal role in many films but never got selected in the end such moments would make me feel like i was never going to make it now when i look back i never call it a struggling period but a learning phase the opportunities i grasp today are because of the mistakes i made yesterdaymaharshi finally started getting work in the industry last year he says in 2020 i did over seven ads thats when things started changing for me and in 2021 i got my first tv show tera mera saath rahe everyone is really professional on the sets and each day is a learning curve for me