Tandav Actor Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub: "Being Aware Is My Biggest Asset" Tandav Actor Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub: "Being Aware Is My Biggest Asset" "If I stop getting affected by things around me, I won't be an actor," said Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub shared this photo. (Image courtesy: mohdzeeshanayyub ) Highlights Shiva is an idealistic student leader in Tandav "It's quite close to what I am," said the actor on his role New Delhi: Tandav as perhaps the closest a character has come to resemble the person he really is - an artiste-activist looking to change society not just his life. The role of Shiva in Ali Abbas Zafar's political show has many parallels with his life as a student in Delhi University's Kirori Mal College, said the actor, believing it is important for artistes to engage with their surroundings. Zafar was also his senior in college. "It's quite close to what I am," Ayyub told news agency PTI when asked whether the role was tailor-made for him. Be it through his plays, his recital of late research scholar Rohith Vemula's letter or his participation in the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests, the farmers' protests or any other issue of the day, the 37-year-old speaks out. Making his presence felt on social media and other platforms at a time when so many are scared of airing their views.