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Bengali actress Tanima Sen, who is currently starring in Swaragini, isn't sure how long she will continue to be part of the showbecause she hasn't been keeping too well and she has faced problems in adjusting to Mumbai. "I had never thought of working in a Hindi daily soap, but the channel people found me and brought me to Mumbai from Kolkata. I didn't get the time to figure anything out because I was finalised for the show in two-three days. Back home, I have done theatre, films and TV shows, but I never imagined that I'd be doing a Hindi show because I don't know the language," she told us during a recent visit to Delhi.
In fact, the actress had even communicated her decision to the makers about leaving the show, but eventually, she stayed back. "I had told the makers that I am quitting the show. Mera mann bilkul nahi lag raha tha. Umar zyada ho gayi hai na. Young boys and girls have dreams to come to Mumbai and work, but I have never had such aspirations. I was also not keeping well and was suffering from high BP. Thoda sadifficulty bhi hoti hai scenes mein because bilkul alag bhasha hoti hai idhar. In Kolkata, I mostly do comedy roles, but here, I am playing a loud character, which I find tough. The language is an issue. I know Bengali and if I happen to forget a word while delivering dialogues, I know the synonyms of that word. But I don't know much Hindi, which becomes a difficulty despite the fact that they incorporated my style of speaking Hindi into the show," she added.
"I try and visit Kolkata every week. I don't know what will happen in the future. It will all depend on how my health copes with the pressure. Daily soaps are quite hectic, but this is a good show. Yet, because of my health, I sometimes feel that I should quit," she revealed.
Since Sen plays a Bengali woman who is at loggerheads with her Marwari neighbour (the character played by Alka Kaushal in the show), the actresses have been given a mandate to stay in character and not bond with her co-stars even when they're not shooting. "We have been asked to stay away from each other in real life and not become friends, so that on screen, we look authentic in our portrayal of warring neighbours. But aisa thode hi hota hai. If someone plays an alcoholic on screen, is he supposed to act like a drunkard off-screen too? That doesn't happen. So we have become friends off screen, but no one knows," she signed off.
In fact, the actress had even communicated her decision to the makers about leaving the show, but eventually, she stayed back. "I had told the makers that I am quitting the show. Mera mann bilkul nahi lag raha tha. Umar zyada ho gayi hai na. Young boys and girls have dreams to come to Mumbai and work, but I have never had such aspirations. I was also not keeping well and was suffering from high BP. Thoda sadifficulty bhi hoti hai scenes mein because bilkul alag bhasha hoti hai idhar. In Kolkata, I mostly do comedy roles, but here, I am playing a loud character, which I find tough. The language is an issue. I know Bengali and if I happen to forget a word while delivering dialogues, I know the synonyms of that word. But I don't know much Hindi, which becomes a difficulty despite the fact that they incorporated my style of speaking Hindi into the show," she added.
"I try and visit Kolkata every week. I don't know what will happen in the future. It will all depend on how my health copes with the pressure. Daily soaps are quite hectic, but this is a good show. Yet, because of my health, I sometimes feel that I should quit," she revealed.
Since Sen plays a Bengali woman who is at loggerheads with her Marwari neighbour (the character played by Alka Kaushal in the show), the actresses have been given a mandate to stay in character and not bond with her co-stars even when they're not shooting. "We have been asked to stay away from each other in real life and not become friends, so that on screen, we look authentic in our portrayal of warring neighbours. But aisa thode hi hota hai. If someone plays an alcoholic on screen, is he supposed to act like a drunkard off-screen too? That doesn't happen. So we have become friends off screen, but no one knows," she signed off.
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