Actor Ssharad Malhotraa has become a household name now, but he has had his own struggle to reach the position he is at. He was reminded of this when he visited ICE (Balaji enterprise), as a guest lecturer recently. Talking about it, he says, “It was great. It’s not easy to lecture so many students. I was there for about 45 minutes. I spoke about my experience, the first time that I auditioned for Balaji in 2006. After 10 years, I am working with them. I spoke about my experience at Los Angeles when I was studying. I felt like a student again. I also made them do activities. It was nice and fun,” says Ssharad, who did a diploma course (acting) from the New York Film Academy (Los Angeles).

The actor adds that the institute is impressive. “There are a lot of different departments from acting to production. Ekta is a visionary. She had the vision to open to institute, where people can enroll. They have great faculty. Overall, the entire structure is amazing. People from all over the world can come and enroll,” he says.

In fact, Ssharad would also want to study again. “I would like to do another diploma course after my show and update myself. This time it would not only be acting but direction too,” he says.

Talking about his show Kasam Tere Pyar Ki, Ssharad adds, “We are getting a great response. The timing has changed but we are still getting good TRPs. We are hoping that people continue to watch the show.”