Playing Lord Shiva on screen helps me stay positive in real life too: Dinesh Mehta

TV actor Dinesh Mehta, who was last seen in the show

Santoshi Maa

playing the role of

Lord Shiva

, is all set for his upcoming show

Bal Krishna

. The actor will again portray the role of Lord Shiva. Talking about it, he says, "I'm happy to portray Shiva; in fact I don't mind playing the role again in my next show."

He is looling forward to his upcoming show."I'm really excited because the role of Shiva is powerful and challenging. It also helps me to stay positive in my personal life too," he says.

Does he fear he could be typecaste? "I don't think so as I have played a negative role in Naagin last season. I had a strong role in Ye Hai Mohabbatein and

Diya Aur Baati

hum. I started my career with a fashion-based reality show. I was part of many mythological and historical shows. In Dharmakshetra, I played Bhima, in Buddha I was king Prasanjeet Buddha, in Suryaputra Karn I played Jayadratha and all are different shades. Only in my last show

Santoshi Maa - Sunayein Vrat Kathayein

, I played Lord Shiva and I feel blessed to play the role again. Meanwhile, I'm also open to playing different characters which are challenging."

Sharing his thoughts on

mythology

content on television, he says, "Mythology is an important part of any culture. I feel this is also a great way to educate society about our origin."