Dhadkan Zindaggi Ki's Additi Gupta: The makers are not looking at TRPs
Additi Gupta gets talking about what convinced her to play a doctor in Nilanjana Purkayasstha and Herumb Khot's Dhadkan Zindaggi Kii.
Published: Tuesday,Jan 04, 2022 14:01 PM GMT-07:00
TIRED of playing the damsel in dis- tress, Additi Gupta was biding her time post Kaal Bhairav Rahasya sea- son 2 to play a strong character. The opportunity presented itself when she was offered to play Dr Deepika Sinha in Dhadkan Zindaggi Kii. "I am sick of playing the damsel in dis- tress. [Such characters] often break into tears if they have a tyre puncture or there is excess salt in the dal," says the actor, adding that the medical show is not based on any one character.
It is an ensemble cast. What truly pulled Gupta to the role was the consistency of the script and a storyline that is different from the regular saas-bahu dramas. "[While] it is true that audiences like watching love stories. Dhadkan Zindaggi Kii is not a love story. We are talking about important matters in this show. There is a character called Wasim who is robbed of the opportunity to become a doctor because he belongs to a lower class, another character is treated differently because she comes from a privileged background; the show is not about one person. It has multiple storylines running simultaneously. Of course, there is drama because television survives on that," says Gupta. The actor insists that the show stays true to its theme. "The makers are not looking at TRPs. If the show manages to create a conversation about following dreams in society or even in one household, then our work is done. For me as an actor, I am happy to be part of such a progressive show”.
Parroting medical terms didn't come easy for Gupta, who describes that the shoot was very "real" for her. "I am cutting raw meat and flesh in surgeries [during the shoot]. There is always a doctor on set who helps in executing the surgeries we enact. From holding the scalpel to the medical jargon - was taught to us in extreme detail. I found everything difficult, especially the medical terms," adds the actor.
Produced by Invictus T Mediaworks and Studio Next also features Rohit Purohit, Nishant Singh, Alma Hussein, Benaf Dadachandji, Raghav Dhir, Ashwin Mushran, Vidyut Xavier, and Kaushik Chakravorty, to name a few.
Comments (5)
The makers probably have no idea, how grateful we, as regular show viewers, are to them. The show is not only executed well but keeps the viewers on their toes asking for more and more after every episode.
2 years ago
Dhadkan Zindaggi Kii is absolutely fabulous !
2 years ago
its totally different story than typical itv story ..love this new soap ..good luck guys..
2 years ago
she was always so pretty! it wouldve been so interesting to see her as Kavya on Anupamaa but im happy that she has landed something else.
2 years ago
I love how meticulously the show is executed Thanks for interviewing Additi
2 years ago