Close Up -Kshitij[Saraswati]

How did you enter the television world?
My first experience with television happened, at the age of 17. It was in a Marathi serial on Doordarshan called Damini. I was an active participant in intercollegiate theatre. Coincidently, for one of my plays, the producer of Damini was present. Impressed with my performance, he offered me a role in the serial.

How has your theatre experience helped you?
I don't have any formal training in acting. Theatre is an acting school in itself. My experience with theatre has helped me tremendously. With theatre, you have an opportunity to improve, to rehearse with every show. Theatre experience inculcates discipline and teaches aspects like voice modulation, right pronunciation, etc.

Since your parents are well-known actors, is there any kind of pressure to always perform the best as an actor?
My parents are my best critics. They point out minute mistakes and also guide me. But they are happy to see me set a career in a profession that I enjoy the most. They never pressurised me to take up a particular profession but told me that there are no short cuts to climb the ladder of success.

What are your current projects?
Currently, I am acting in a Zee TV Marathi's daily soap Vadalvat, where I play the role of a young girl in her early 20's named Aalandi Chhatre, who is a crime reporter. Earlier, I did act in 4-5 serials on Zee TV Marathi. I also played an interesting role in the Hindi serial Tumhari Disha on Zee TV.

What are your future plans?
I am a part of a superb commercial play, which is to be released in November. I would like to direct a play later sometime in the future.

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