Ashish beat other finalists Iqbal Khan, Sagarika Ghatge, Meiyang Chang on the Rohit Shetty-hosted show.

The 36-year-old actor, elated on winning the title, said he had a dream run on the Colors show.

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"It is a surprise to me that I won. Throughout my journey on the show, I just focused on enjoying my tasks and making friends. I did not think about winning. I never came in elimination round. I feel I had a dream run on the show," Ashish told PTI.

The actor said it was only during the last task of the show, when he felt he could clinch the trophy.

When asked about his biggest fear on the series, Ashish said, "As we all are actors and have certain image, I think for all of us, the most important thing was to not get eliminated early. Otherwise, there was not any fear."

The actor, in fact, feels "no fear of losing" took him to the win.

"I don't know about others' belief systems but I come from the school of thought that we should enjoy the journey more than going after the goal. This is something my father taught me. I was never scared of losing and took each task as it came," he said.

The show started in February with 16 celebrity contestants-- Harshad Arora, Siddharth Bhardwaj, Archana Vijaya, Riddhi Dogra, Nathalia Kaur, Salman Yusuff Khan, Sana Khan, Rashmi Desai, Chang, Sagarika, Hussain Kuwajerwala, Asha Negi, Iqbal, Rakesh Kumar, Nandish Sandhu and Ashish.