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Becoming Madhav Mishra, who hides a sharp mind behind his bumbling and clumsy ways, comes easy to the actor. “I completely relate to Madhav,” he says, gleefully. Like his character, Tripathi was an underdog in his initial years in the industry. “I was Madhav Mishra at the beginning of my career, and wanted to make it big in Bollywood. I relate to his happiness, cunningness and sorrows. Even when I was performing, Rohan used to tell the team and writers, ‘Let him do it on his own. He knows Madhav Mishra better than any of us here.’”

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The upcoming season, produced by Applause Entertainment and BBC Studios, also features Shweta Basu Prasad, Swastika Mukherjee, Purab Kohli and Aditya Gupta in key roles. For the actor, sharing screen space with Basu was a delight. “I used to sit and watch Shweta because she speaks so gracefully. It made me think that as a lawyer, I should lose against her. Shweta’s character is sleek and graceful, whereas Madhav is clumsy and all over the place.”

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