Exclusive - Aditya Redij on embracing fatherhood: Now, I am mentally prepared and just waiting for our baby to arrive

Television actors Aditya Redij and Natasha Sharma, who have been married for eight years are all set to welcome their first baby. The couple is very excited about starting the new journey and recently Natasha had even shared stunning pictures from her maternity shoot. Now ahead of his new TV show Naagmani's launch, Aditya Redij spoke to ETimes TV exclusively about embracing fatherhood.
"I am really very excited as I am all set to start a new journey, or you can say I am going to enter a new phase of my life. I am excited and nervous both equally because the moment you get to know that a new member is going to join your family, you start thinking about it a lot and about that new member’s future. Ab Mujhe Samajh mein aaraha hai jab humein parents kehte the na, jab Tum parent Banoge tab samjh mein aayega actually what it means. I am learning it," he said.
Aditya also opened up about how is preparing to welcome his first baby, "First of all I am mentally preparing myself. Other than that we have started arranging for things that are important after the baby is born. But the first thing is that I’ve to be mentally prepared. Now, I am mentally prepared to welcome my baby and I am just waiting for the baby to arrive. I am very happy," said the actor with a beaming smile.
Talking about his new show, Naagmani which also stars Pavitra Punia, the actor said, "I’ve always tried my best to not repeat myself. I’ve always taken up characters which are different from my last show. I’ve never done a fantasy show in my career and hence I decided to take up Naagmani. Taking up a fantasy show was the intriguing factor for me and hence I was excited to do the show. And the way Ved sir our writer has written the journey of my character Shankar in the first five episodes, that caught my attention. I found it very interesting and that’s why I decided to take up the show."