Episodics are TV actors' latest fad
Whether they're honing their skills between breaks or padding their resume, episodics - shows that have a different story every episode - are the rage among TV actors. We spoke to some actors to find out what the big deal is, and why episodics are drawing the small screen's best by the hoards.
GRIPPING STORYLINES For actors, completing a work from start to finish is a rewarding feeling, but soap operas are famous for stretching plots to the extreme. This is where episodics come to the rescue. Eijaz Khan says, "I took up an episodic show like Encounter because the offer was interesting, and appealed to me as an actor. Short-term work is always welcome as it brushes up your skills, and the pace of the story is fast. When you are doing a daily soap, you can't take out time for an episodic. Actors prefer episodics because the stories have their own audiences, and are mostly very realistic, and pack a lot of punch. The most interesting part is it's a start-to-end story, unlike daily soaps, which may drag sequences on."
Rithvik Dhanjani seconds Eijaz and adds, "I never wanted to do episodics, but when I was told about the story of Yeh Hai Aashiqui, it was quite gripping. The episodic of which I was a part was inspired from the Jiah Khan suicide case, and was quite edgy. Even the Webbed story I was a part of had a message. It was about a girl who falls in love with a celeb, and in that process, she's taken for a ride. I will be heartbroken if any of my fans has to go through something like what was shown in that episodic."
