It was unnerving for me to work with Dingy
Navneet Nishaan talks about taking over the vamp's role from Amrita Singh in Kavyanjali
Reena Thapar Kapoor
Ask Navneet Nishaan if it was good friend Amrita Singh who suggested her name for the vamp in Kavyanjali and she exclaims, "No way." The Tara woman insists that she bagged Kavyanjali on her own steam.
Was it awkward for Navneet to step in as the new vamp in the show, considering that it was Amrita, alias Nitya Nanda, who earlier played the negative role in the show? For, Navneet admits that playing a vamp gives an actor more scope for performance, than playing a positive role. "I won't deny that it was unnerving for me to work with Dingy. Thankfully her character turned positive before I came into the scene. So, there is less discomfort for me. Apart from being friends, we are actors and believe in doing our job to the best of our ability. Dingy and I don't let professional matters come in the way of our friendship."
But recently there were rumours about their rivalry, over Kavyanjali? "Yes. We both had a good laugh over rumours that we had fallen out," she says. "You know, I know Dingy very well and I know what affects her and what doesn't. We're like family."
The two actresses first met 21 years ago on the sets of Waaris, and discovered a friend in each other. Although Navneet was part of the TV industry much before Amrita arrived on the scene, it is only now that the two friends have got the opportunity to work with each other.
About working together in Kavyanjali she says: "Dingy always talked about her experience of working with the Kavyanjali team to me. In fact she was the one who kept urging me to ask Ekta Kapoor to cast me in the show."
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