Don't touch me!
| Pativrata: Chavvi Mittal with husband |
| Ashish Nayyar |
Chaos on sets as Chavvi Mittal of Tumhari Disha refuses to let co-star touch her; saying none bar her husband can get intimate
Reena Thapar Kapoor
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/nmirror/mmpaper.asp?sectid=19&am p;articleid=428200612016921428200611723234Disha, of Tumhari Disha, has suddenly gone coy. She has decided that no man other than her brand new husband will touch her. And yes, this coyness extends to her on-screen performance too.
So, Chavvi Mittal, alias Disha, who recently married director Mohit Hussain, has created an impregnable barrier around herself. Apparently, she has made it clear to her co-stars and unit members that she will not do get close to her on-screen hero, Ashish Nayyar, in the show any more.
Naturally, this sudden coyness put the entire plot of Tumhari Disha off track, since the show is a love story. Now the 'love' has being censored out of it by its protagonist.
"There isn't any chemistry between Ashish and Chavvi any more," reveals a unit member. "Chavvi's 'touch-me-not' attitude is a huge problem."
Chavvi admits to playing touch-me-not. "I'm never difficult or unreasonable on the sets. As an actor I want to do my job to the best of my ability. However I agree that I do have objections when it comes to getting too close to the hero," admits Chavvi.
The actress who is currently holidaying with her husband on the beaches of Ratnagiri, says that she has put her foot down and demanded certain changes in the script. "There haven't been too many instances but I did refuse to shoot for an intimate bedroom scene with Ashish," she says. "I understand that Tumhari Disha is a love story and such scenes are bound to be included. But I'm not comfortable with it. I don't believe that you have to touch, hug or kiss all the time, to express love. A lot can be conveyed through the eyes and through body language."
When contacted, Ashish says, "It took me a lot of time to accept her attitude. We are actors and it's our job to get under the skin of the characters. I have no personal attraction for Chavvi. But the love between our characters on screen has to be expressed."
"Initially, when she had just started her weird behaviour, I thought she was uncomfortable and hence I should try to help her relax," he adds. "So took the initiative to break the ice and make her feel comfortable, but she didn't budge from her stand."
Things between them have been going from bad to worse. "After a point it did really bother me as my character, DK, too was suffering," says Ashish. "But what can I do? She's a married woman and I have great respect for her. But we're just doing our job on the sets, aren't we? There have been times when she has asked her husband to be present on the sets. As an actor, you become stiff when you know that your heroine's husband is watching you with a hawk's eye. I don't want my performance to suffer because of Chavvi's fears and apprehensions."
Tumhari Disha has been successfully running on Zee TV for the past two years. Now the show has got an extension of a year. however, the big question is, how long will a romance continue with its protagonist suddenly turning coy?
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