Mumbai, Feb. 16 -- With a television career spanning close to 20 years, Nakuul Mehta has often been described by fans as the quintessential "green flag", a term used to celebrate emotionally aware and respectful men.

"I am not a fan of that label - it's like a shorthand for emotional accountability in men! I don't like labels, firstly. It could be a positive label, or it could be whatever. I think these are all signals putting you in a bracket. I'm a human being. I will make mistakes, I will have bad days, and I want to put it out there that I am not living up to this image," shares the actor, in an exclusive conversation with Variety India.

While he resists reductive branding, Mehta does not shy away from acknowledging that feminism and ...