Viraf is hilarious!!!
Does it
disappoint you that you were offered to join the show Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam
Doon? and then they decided to end the show?
Disappointment is an understatement! I
tried looking the other way and bang the bangles on the forehead, but there
were no bangles. Then I tried jumping off my balcony but then my credit card
people cradled me downstairs. I tried walking into the sea but then I suddenly
remembered that I had left the geyser on, after all the filmy clichs failed, I
gave up. However, fortunately I watched the parliament proceedings on Lok Sabha
TV. After seeing the state of the politics of my country I suddenly felt much
better about my own state.
But, it was a good show, a great channel
and a very able team. A gap of a month or so occurred between getting
locked in for the show and beginning shoot, during which my character's look
tests and nitty gritties were being figured. One of those days, I wanted to
spend some time on shoot, just to let the set up sink in. So I did and loved
what I saw.
It was such a joy to see Barun Sobti,
Sanaya Irani, Daljeet Bhanot, Karan Goddwani, Abhaajee (Abhaa Parmar) and
Jayshreeji (Jayshree T) work their characters with such lan and ease. It was
awesome to see how switched on Aman, the associate director, would be throughout
the entire shoot. I had some fine interaction with the creative Richa Singh Gautam
and even met the screenplay writer Gautam Hegde, who is quite the dude. Plus
the chai on the set was something else. Toh bhai disappointment toh banta hai
na!
However I would assume my disappointment
would remain dwarfed by that of the team working on it since 18 months. When Lata, the production karta dharta on set, called me to
share the news, I realised it must be harder for her, the cast, director,
writers, creative team, tech crew and perhaps even the channel to let go of
something they have nurtured for 18
months. I just wanted to give her a hug at that
very moment, so I gave her one albeit over the phone.
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