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• Used to act and direct plays in college, and had even trained in a children's theatre organisation called Little Theatre.
• Became a veterinary surgeon for the love of animals, and worked as an assistant veterinarian for a race course.
• Entered showbiz industry as hero of Varsha Usgaonkar in Marathi film Khattyaal Sasu Natthaal Sun (1988).
• Married during 1991 with his friend, Monisha Patil, daughter of Vimla Patil, the then editor of Femina.
• Had migrated to London after his first marriage, causing a break in his acting career.
• Ran into trouble with his 1996 general election campaign as the Election Commission felt that telecast of his serial Geeta Rahasya may influence voters.
• Was born under the Rohini nakshatra (Aldebaran constellation) as did the actors NTR and Shahu Modak, all of whom played the role of Lord Krishna who was also born in Rohini nakshatra.
• Became the chairman of Madhya Pradesh State Tourism Development Corporation Ltd.
• Contested and won the general election in 1996 as the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Jamshedpur in Bihar, India.