Women not playing diverse roles on TV: Shweta Tiwari

She enjoyed being the favourite next-door-girl in "Kasautii Zindagii Kay", the first female winner of reality show"Bigg Boss" and now a strict mom in "Parvarrish - Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meeth". But Shweta Tiwari feels women do not

Published: Monday,Jul 02, 2012 09:58 AM GMT-06:00

Vijay Bhatter

She enjoyed being the favourite next-door-girl in "Kasautii Zindagii Kay", the first female winner of reality show"Bigg Boss" and now a strict mom in "Parvarrish - Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi". But Shweta Tiwari feels women do not get to play diverse roles in TV shows.

"What I see is that women are not portraying too many characters or shades on screen. They are playing sweet, simple and nice roles. That is the only thing they do until they play a negative role," Shweta told IANS.

"If you see 'Balika Vadhu' she is the same. 'Byaah Hamari Bahu Ka' is also the same. If you see any other show, all the leads look identically the same. No one is doing anything different," she said.

However, Shweta feels that her character of Sweety in "Parvarrish..." is true to real life and has all the shades of life.

"Sweety is at times mean and selfish but at times she has her own rules. She will not do wrong to you but will also not let anyone do wrong to her. Such characters are real characters, which are not shown on television any more. It is there in Bollywood, but no one likes them in this industry (television). I think this change should be there."

The 31-year-old was also part of the reality show "Bigg Boss 4" and when asked if there is an overdose of reality, Shweta feels otherwise.

"I think there was an overdose of reality shows, but now it is less. Now there are just a few selected ones left which have established themselves; and if people need fiction then they also need reality. I guess there is 'Big Boss', 'Dance India Dance' and shows like 'Indian Idol'. The rest of them have fizzled out.

"Earlier, there used to be so many, like 'Kitchen King' and 'Chote Miya'."

"Parvarrish - Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi" has been dealing with parenting and the educational system. Shweta says parents have become more flexible now as compared to earlier.

"What I feel is that people have become more cool now. In our times, we were told to learn and mug up. We were told to become doctors and engineers. However, that is not the case now. People want to go for international learning. They know that their children have to do something. People don't look at marks but at how much children know," said Shweta, who has a daughter, Palak.

The actress, who is seeking divorce from her husband Raja Chaudhary, has a word of advice for parents.

"Parents should understand if their child will be able to fight with the problems that will come in future or not. They should prepare their kids to face problems," Shweta said.

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Comments (72)

Shweta_Deewaana @Shweta_Deewaana

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Shweta tiwari is doing a gr8 job as "Sweety G" Simply love her..:)

11 years ago

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..neelanjana @..neelanjana

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Shweta is doing a gr8 job as "Sweety" i like her ...

11 years ago

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Shweta_Deewaana @Shweta_Deewaana

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Shweta tiwari simply rocks.. Totally agree with her..!!!!!

11 years ago

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Zaryabkhan @DelightedHeart

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Thanks for the article I-F!!!!!!
I actually agree with Shweta!!!! If we think about this matter seriously then Shweta is right!!!! Most Indian heroins play the same so called "mahan" role!!!! Always the heroins go to any extent for someones happinesss!!!! But if we really think about do ppl do this "mahan" stuff in real life and do ppl sacrifice everything for someones happiness!!!! The answer is no!!! Only our typical India heroins are soo unreal!!!! The truth in Indian shows is that the lead heroin is never wrong!!!! Indian television is just full of the sweet concepts, which is soo different from the real life, but ppl still watch this!!!!
Shows that should be watched are shows like Parvarrish, I'm not saying this cause I'm a fan of Shweta, I'm saying this because the show is soo real!!!! It touches our hearts, it relates to the everyday problems we deal with in our everyday lives!!!!
Shweta is doing a great job as Sweety, she is making her character look soo real!!!! Shweta as Sweety simply rocks and no one would have potrayed this role as perfectly and beautifully as Shweta is!!!!!
SHWETA U TRULY ARE THE BEST!!!
LOVE U!!!!!

11 years ago

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Nabila @bila_a

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i agree, but i also see people talking about how her show is so real and other shows aren't. i mean there is nothing wrong with that. like there's nothing wrong with those other shows. so what if people want to see unrealistic stuff. stuff that may not happen in real life. that's one of the reasons why a lot of people watch fiction shows. to experience something that might never happen in reality. either ways both aren't wrong. as for heroin's i agree there is not much diversity in them. if there a little bit mean they would be hated or considered villain's. which i think is silly. cause even the nicest person has dark shades to them. but then again it's nice to see someone soo happy and sweet as well.

11 years ago

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diksha singh @dikshasingh

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totally agree with shweta...parvarish is very gud show...nd shweta is the most versatile actress

11 years ago

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sara rafeek @Ooolalala

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I dont agree with her. I think even sweety is nice but has different shades just like her character, the other female leads are also nice but they have different shades.

11 years ago

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bscl @bscl

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Couldn't agree more with everything that she has said. In each & every single show, the female lead is shown to be "innocent" & "naive" who tolerates anything and everything. I mean c'mon, jeeez.
Love Sweety's character in the show. Well, actually like almost all the characters in Parvarish.

11 years ago

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xxMATSxx @RosyRosh

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I agree wrh shweta on this but im rlly shocked that she picked on bhbk a show on sony which hosts the show she works for. Idkk i hope that doesnt lead to some controversyyy ...

11 years ago

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Amber @rrst4eva

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Hey ST u can do all types of roll U rock...! U rocked in Kzk u rocked in Jane kya baat hoi U rocked in dances performance including tribute to sridevi U were good with Ronit Roy AJA Mahi Vey..and kzk too.& now parvarish is going terrific <3
-Please tell ekta to make KZK2 becoze we want to see Ronit Roy And you together forever<3
God Bless You.. -_-

11 years ago

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