We’ve often seen him as the tormenting antagonist on screen, but having a conversation with the man who makes acting look like child’s play was a first. On hearing Ashutosh Rana’s passion for his craft and the work he puts in to portray a character, it made us wonder why we don’t see him more often on screen. For now though, the actor is only too happy to tell the story of Maharaja of Bundelkhand with MXPlayer’s Chhatrasal. Rana talks about his love for history, and portraying Aurangzeb despite being a “bhakt” of the King of Bundelkhand.

Edited excerpts from the interview.