Originally posted by: Soaps1
Do you have any idea how many hours actors put in for those so called hefty payments? Acting is not like any other 9 to 5 job, also it is a creative medium and for any creative medium you need to have satisfaction, you need the belief to continue doing what you do, you have to enjoy it. I am sure he took payment only for the amount of time he worked for the show, till the time he believed in his char, till the time he knew despite everything his char was doing some positive contribution. Like I already said he must have been at his wits end to do something like this because Harshad has never been the one to walk out of his shows. He did not walk out of even Dharampatni, which never delivered, he was a part of it till its very last episode, not just that he gave it his best till the very end! He did not walk out of Desh even when it was shifted to an afternoon slot that too one where it was impossible for the viewers to watch it. Not just that some of his best performances as Prem were delivered then. So saying actors walk out without caring about the crew or people who don't take hefty salaries and viewers ... sorry but Harshad is not that, his track record is a proof!!! If he is walking out of a show there has to be a BIG really big reason!!!
As a viewer I know how frustrated i feel that i won't be able to see Raghav and RaghavI because i do love them and I know viewers and fans could be one reason why it might have taken him this long to walk out. Harshad does not act his character, he lives them so leaving the show and the character will be 100 times more harder for him as an actor, who worked so hard to make a place for Raghav in the show, despite entering six months late. How many actor are able to leave a mark with their character after entering an already established show that too as a lead? If you ask me hardly a few! So Harshad believed in what he was doing hence he did it!
I loved his character Anurag, from very first episode what intrigued me was why Anurag went mad, I watched entire show waiting for that track to start ... and what happened? PH and channel had a fall out, they decided to end the show in a hurry and in last rushed up episode they showed Anurag was never mad that too in a way that left you pulling your hair. I felt frustrated as a viewer, i felt cheated, i had started watching that show for him but had fallen in love with story and characters ... tell me was the actor responsible then? No he was not in fact the last episode of the show wasted all his hard work in making the character ... one episode took it away all his effort in making the character ... if PH and channels act like this and don't care about anyone why is it that if an actor takes a stand that too when pushed to limits, the question of hefty payments is raised? He worked for what he earned and worked real hard.
As for viewers most of us have been voicing our opinion for months about what has been going on in the show and it was no different than what Harshad has said now. So i don't know how he can be blamed for it. This is my 4th show of him and I know he is not someone to walk out because he believes in every character he takes up and unless compelled beyond limits he won't ever walk out!
Also you saying actors move on from one show to the other easily while crew suffers, I am sorry but I think its easier for the crews to find a new job, compared to actors. Because if not one show other one comes up, there is no shortage of work for crew ever in the industry, where as actors specially those who take a stand risk their entire career! With what he has done Harshad has put his career at stake, for someone who does not even have a back-up career this must not have been easy and if he has done it I am damn sure thing had reached a point where he just could not take it anymore.
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