India, Sept. 9 -- He has been ever-present on our screens for over three decades, appearing in seminal comedies such as Dekh Bhai Dekh and Sarabhai vs Sarabhai, as well as in Bollywood films. But Deven Bhojani has also been a director, orchestrating shows and films from behind the camera. For his next show, Chumbak, he drops the director's hat and 'just' acts. But he still found his experience as a director helped him. In a chat with Hindustan Times, the actor-filmmaker talks about the show and his unusual career trajectory.

In Chumbak, Deven plays a forgetful man with a knack for forgetting even the most basic things, such as his wife's name. He is paired with Neena Gupta in the Netflix comedy. Deven says that acting with Neena was a ch...