Plummeting ratings and insistent fans reportedly forced the creative team of Madhubala to devise a new method of sneaking Vivian Dsena back onto the show.
But the actor said he doesn’t want to be tagged as a ratings booster, and insists he has returned just for the producer.
Dsena, who shot to fame with the volatile, edgy character RK in the show, said he was resurrected on the soap for practical reasons.
“Well, I heard the ratings had begun to drop after I left. But I don’t want to see myself as a chart-runner or the [ratings] booster of Madhubala. That’s too much pressure on me and also a little vain,” said Dsena.
“I will say one thing, though. I came back on the show only because the producer Abhinav Shukla asked me to. He was insistent that I return. I couldn’t say no to him. And now my fans are bombarding Abhinav with thanks for my return on various social networking sites and Twitter. He feels stalked,” added the actor.
“It is actually very sobering. I see my return to Madhubala as a sign from God. He wants me to be part of this show. As long as He wants it no one, not even I, can get me out of Madhubala,” said the actor.
The show has taken an 18-year leap and Dsena is introduced as a mentally challenged person.
“This is the first time ever that an actor has returned to a serial playing a character totally unrelated to the one played earlier. It’s a challenge for me and for the team to fit me in.”
He denies differences with his co-star Drashti Dhami.
“We work well together. After that she goes her way, I go home to my wife. That’s the way it is. That’s how it should be,” he said.
