India, Jan. 29 -- In a career that has seen him win fans and acclaim on TV and OTT, Nakuul Mehta has seen his fair share of ups and downs. As he takes on the role of a rocket scientist in his new show, Space Gen Chandrayaan, the actor speaks to Hindustan Times about his role, the preparation, and his acting journey so far.

Space Gen Chandrayaan is based on ISRO's Chandrayaan 3 mission, dramatising a true story with added fictional elements. Nakuul plays an ISRO scientist in the show, which also stars Shriya Saran and Danish Sait. The actor admits that the hardest part of the performance was delivering his lines and getting the emotions right, while memorising the complex jargon in the dialogue. "That was the major part of my homework," h...