Have been offered daily soaps in the past: Varun

Mumbai, Sep 5 (PTI) Actor Varun Sharma, known for hiscomic outings in films like "Fukrey" and "Dilwale", reveals hewas offered daily soaps in the past, something he politelyturned down. Varun says while he is open to doing TV shows, he is notkeen on featuring on the run-of-the-mill soaps and realityseries. "I was offered daily soaps in the past but that wassomething I did not want to take up. There were a few realityshows also which were offered but I was not excited and keenon doing that right now. My focus is more on films today," theactor told PTI. "I have always been wanting to do TV as it is a hugemedium and in India we are making such amazing shows. I amopen to doing TV but it will be very selective. I would not bevery comfortable doing the regular thing which we see on TV." The actor, who made his film debut in 2013 with "Fukrey"will be seen on the Indian version of the Canadianadventure-reality show "Ice Road Truckers- India’s Deadliestroads". Varun will be seen driving a truck on tough terrain fromManali to Turtuk, one of the gateways to the Siachen Glacier. The 26-year-old actor was offered the show while he wasshooting for Sushant Singh Rajput-starrer "Raabta" in Budapestand the first thought, which came to his mind, was if hismother would allow him to be part of a show like this. Varun came on board for the show and trained how to drivea truck, though, he says, the entire experience was "scary." "I was very scared because you are not shooting in acontrolled environment. It wasn’t that I was wired or I had aharness to save me from a fall. It was live road, with livetraffic and situations. "When the thought used to cross my mind, that thereare four cars of the crew in front and behind me, but theycan’t do anything if something goes wrong, that used to reallyscare me. But thankfully, I am back home alive." The show features the activities of celebrities, who aredriving a truck from Manali to Leh on deadly roads whilecompleting the tasks given to them. "The show has no script, it is like a travel diary kindof a show where I was reacting organically to the situationswhich were coming my way. On top of that, riding a truck is avery tough task. It is not easy thing for sure." The show is scheduled to air on History channel nextmonth. PTI JUR DKPSHRYS