Anupam Shyam Ojha, who passed away on August 9 due to multiple organ failure, had breathed life into myriad roles in his three-decade career in showbiz. The veteran actor became a household name, courtesy his menacing act of patriarch Thakur Sajjan Singh in 'Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya'. For Mohit Malik, who played his illegitimate son in the drama, sharing screen space with Shyam was a matter of honour.  

“By the time I joined Pratigya, he was a big star. I was nervous about my first scene with him, but he put me at ease,” recounts Malik. He says that the veteran actor had a brilliant command over the language. “I loved the ethics he had towards the craft. Observing him on set was sheer joy.”