Freedom to choose work most satisfying for actors: Sakshi Tanwar.

S he started as an anchor, moved into
acting in TV shows, made her Bollywood
debut with Dangal and now features in a
web series. Sakshi Tanwar loves how her
successful 16-year stint in Indian showbiz
now lends her the freedom to choose the
pace, nature and medium of work she
wants to do.
She says that for an actor, nothing is more
satisfying than having this choice.
Sakshi and Ram Kapoor, her co-actor from
the hot show Bade Achche Lagte Hain, have
dabbled in both films and TV. They have
also reunited for Karrle Tu Bhi Mohabbat, a
new web series of ALTBalaji app, which
gives their fans a chance to again sample
their on-screen chemistry.
Talking about moving from one medium to
another, Sakshi said, "An actor reaches a
stage where he has the freedom to choose
work irrespective of the medium. And that
is what we are enjoying right now because
we have given so many years to our
profession and it's the most satisfying
phase where you can choose what you
want to do."
For Sakshi, it is mostly a "one thing at a
time" policy that works best. "I could never
handle more than one thing at one time. I
give whatever I can to one project as I can't
run from one set to another or pack in
more than I can handle. So, in between the
shows, I take long breaks. When Kahaani
Ghar Ghar Kii got over, I was at home for
three years and spent my time travelling.
After Bade Achche... also, I was like... I like
this pace. For me, my work is part of my life,
it's not my life," the Lady Shri Ram College
alumnus said emphatically.
As of now, the much-loved Parvati bhabhi
of Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii -- which took the
Indian telly world by storm at the onset of
the new millennium -- is enjoying having
plunged into the web series space which is
unknown to her. "I'm exploring a new
medium and territory. I'm not on social
media and I don't know how things
happen there, and I am not even a user of
apps. I'm very bad with technology. I use
my phone as a phone, and sometimes as a
camera," said the travel junkie.
What's next on the plate after the series?
"There are offers, but those can wait. If they
are meant for me, they will wait for me. If
they are not meant for me, no matter how
hard I try they are not going to come my
way. There is no point stressing about
work, I feel. Work is something you should
enjoy. Especially with the kind of profession
we are in... It's not a desk job, we're not
writing reports or sitting in front of a
machine... We have to interact with a lot of
people, and unless you are free and open
about doing a new character, it's very
difficult to connect. And if the actor doesn't
connect, people will never connect to it. I
always feel that after I do something, I need
to throw it out of my system to get another
role," said Sakshi.
Was Dangal a game-changer in her life?
"No... Life is the same. Success, I feel, is such
a transient thing anyway. I have been in the
industry for over 16 years... I have seen the
highs, the lows... You can't hold on to it.
Unless you let go of it, you won't be able to
grab something else."

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