"Men don't get importance in TV soaps" : Vishal Karwal
TV actor Vishal Karwal, who essayed Vinay Sinha in "Bhagyavidhaata" and Gaurav Chaudhary in "Rishton Se Badi Pratha", says men are not given importance in daily soaps, therefore, he prefers doing action and adventure-based dramas.
Published: Monday,May 19, 2014 17:28 PM GMT-06:00
Recently, he was seen in an episode of crime based show Encounter on Sony TV, hosted by actor Manoj Bajpai.
"I prefer doing action and adventure. I get offers for daily soaps, but I deny them. I chose to do 'Encounter' because it had some work for me to do unlike TV soaps, in which a female is in the limelight and men not given much preference," Vishal said in a phone conversation from Mumbai.
"I prefer doing roles, where as an actor, I am given an importance and have something to do," he added.
Vishal, who kicked off his career with reality TV shows like "MTV Roadies Season Four" and "Splitsvilla", even played Lord Krishna in Dwarkadheedh - Bhagwan Shree Krishna and says his stint with the mythological show was the most satisfying.
"It took me some time to get hold of Lord Krishna's character, but I enjoyed playing Krishna the most because I was a performer there. I used to shoot for 12 hours a day," he said.
Talking about preparations, he said: "I didn't go through mythological books much, but I went on my sets every day. I have seen a lot of Indian mythological shows during my childhood."
He made his debut in films with Punjabi movie 'Aappan Pher Milange' (2012) and will now be seen in Vikram Bhatt's next.
Now his main focus is movies.
"I'll be seen in Vikram Bhatt's '1920 London'. It is slated for a release in July this year. My idea now is to do just films. I want to be a part of an established and renowned production house, since they also have good marketing strategies. I don't prefer low budget films. I have declined two Bollywood films because they didn't belong to a renowned production house," said the actor.
When asked about reality shows, the actor, who was seen in Big Boss Season 6, said that he wants to be part of reality shows that incorporate adventure.
"I'm scared of exhibiting my reality on reality TV shows. I'd love to go for shows like 'Fear Factor' since it includes adventure," said Vishal.
Comments (17)
its the same way like in movies females arent given da importance so in TV males arent.
9 years ago
True that, still Many Indian soaps do not give importance to a main lead man character but there are some serials and production houses which gives importance to both , man and woman equally in their storylines and there were also shows which gave equal importance as well. I'd just suggest Vishal to take a good script and comeback to new serial soon as I liked him in all his shows especially the recent one Encounter! Good Luck!.
9 years ago
Supposedly he's filthy rich...I'm pretty sure that was a good incentive to marry him.
12 years ago
OMG he's married and after knowing dat shilpa got married to him. for god's sake do dis pplz hve life.
12 years ago
=/ He was married before neva new taht well good luck for their child :)
12 years ago
Dude, he was married earlier AND has a kid and then he re-married?! wow. These people really don't have a life.
12 years ago
who cares..i dont understand y people get soo involved in this crap
12 years ago
I am sorry to say but Kundra, is one ugly Dude! Apart from the money, we still can't work out what Shilpa saw in this Dude!!!!
12 years ago
O_O OMg i didnt nw he was married 4rom b4... anyway congratss 2 both of em =))
12 years ago
If it's true, then it's great news! Congratulations to them both!
12 years ago