Shaurya had some nice expressions and I’ve seen a few videos of him doing some short acting monologues with actions etc..he’s actually quite good for his age...no doubt about that..I think when he started the show ..his role was very long, Remember when the Goa track started post leap there were mainly kathik kairav phone scenes and naira kairav house scenes ,.actually kairav got most of the screenspace ..so the hours were probably too long for a small child. But when he was replaced with tanmay ..tanmay didn’t get as much screenspace ..as there were more scenes with other characters then..,.so most probably tanmay was not working as long as Shaurya had too..because 10 hours is very long for a small child...But as you say maybe the PH took this into account as well..His mother said he was sick and couldn’t shoot for 5 days. He was called for a day but he only shot for 2 hours, even though he was required to shoot for 10 because the team had no bank episodes.
I really liked Shaurya as Kairav, however, we only know one side of the story. Of course dkp won’t get involved in mud slinging for a child actor, so they have refrained from commenting.
I not advocating for dkp or saying what they did was justified, but they are running the show for 11 years. I am sure they know what they are doing. They replaced Shaurya despite the love and acceptance he received from fans, so there must be reason for that. Even before he fell sick, his parents apparently had a problem with his shooting hours. The problem was resolved, however, thinking from the production’s POV, if within the first 5 weeks they were facing so many issues with the parents, why would they wanna continue working with the kid and risk future disagreements?
Shaurya was really cute, was the perfect size for Kaira’s child but his dialogue delivery wasn’t clear. Fair enough he’s 5 but when you are on a show, you have to be clear for the audience to understand what you are saying.I don’t like Tanmay’s acting, however, I do think it’s a bit unfair to compare him to Shaurya given the fact that we don’t know how Shaurya would have acted in the current track.
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