Ayush Mehra believes he was destined to be part of Dice Media's Operation MBBS. Even though he was keen to collaborate with director Amrit Raj Gupta of Gullak fame, the actor was initially compelled to turn the project down as he had allotted his dates to another series. "However, eight days before the shoot kicked off, I was replaced. That's when founders Anirudh [Pandita] and Aditi [Shrivastava] offered me Operation MBBS," he grins.

The road ahead was not easy for Mehra, who claims that his "first audition was so sh*#*y that even Amrit rejected me". But the young actor's heart was set on the medical drama — after getting a finer understanding of the brief, he auditioned for the role again. "By evening, I got a call stating that I was chosen for the role [of Nishant]. Waiting for that call was worse than waiting for my exam results."