Walking the tightrope between his duty to the family and staying true to the love of his life, Ronit Roy's character Rohit from ALTBalaji's hit show ­— Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain — is complex, to say the least. Though it's labelled as his most challenging on-screen work, the actor tells mid-day he never quite found the job tough.

"I don't want to sound condescending or pompous, but I can't be dishonest. This wasn't challenging. I am at that stage in my life where I have seen it all," says Roy, adding that he probably can empathise with the role as it hits close to home. "My ex-wife and I separated when my daughter [Ona] was young. She is now 28 and lives with her mother in another country. I have seen up close what a child goes through in the absence of one parent." The actor has since married Neelam Roy and has two children.