Many people on the sets of Durgesh Nandini
on Sony were alarmed when the protagonist Rinku Ghosh started crying on the sets recently. She plays the bold and courageous girl in the serial on whom rests the onus of rectifying the reprobate sons of the deceased patriarch. And to see her break down appeared to be an antithesis to her character.
According to a source, a couple of days back, the actor had asked for a break and the production house had promised to look into it. It is believed that in the hope of having her leave granted, she went ahead and made some plans to chill out that had to be cancelled, after her leave could not be sanctioned. Since she desperately needed a couple of days off, she broke down and wept.
As Durgesh Nandini is her first daily soap, did the long hours of shoots lead to her breakdown?
"Not at all," replies Rinku. "I have been working at a hectic pace and I thought I should unwind. It was only disappointment I experienced when my break could not come through," she says. She adds, "I am aware of the irregular timings of daily serials. Also, I am conscious of the kind of commitment required."