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I was bored doing FIR for seven-and-a-half years: Kavita Kaushik
Kavita Kaushik on what went wrong with the show Tota Weds Maina and whether she regrets choosing this one over FIR
Your new TV show Tota Weds Maina has gone off air in less than three months. How do you feel about that?
There's no feeling. But, yes, I personally believe that a show must be given time, at least a few months to settle down. If they expected high TRPs, they needed to give it some time. AndTota Weds Maina had replaced FIR, an established show, so all the more reason why it should have been given more time.
It was constantly being compared to FIR, where you played Chandramukhi Chautala.
FIR is an eight-year-old show and hence, there should have been no comparison. Also, there were constant changes in Tota Weds Maina. The director changed five times, the writers changed... basically the team just couldn't get formed. Even in a marriage, you need time to adjust to each other. Some teams miraculously get formed, others need a little time. FIR too, took almost a year to become popular.
Do you regret your decision to move from FIR to Tota Weds Maina?
Not at all. I loved FIR, but I was bored doing it for seven-and-a-half years. And my timing has been great because I am doing a film rightnow. The producers of Tota Weds Maina have been very supportive and in fact, in the last week of the show, helped me adjust dates with my film shoot.
Do you feel somewhere the audience preferred you as the tomboyish Chandramukhi Chautala rather than the feminine Maina in the show?
I wouldn't say that. FIR has been on for many years and I have won awards for my comic performance. But before that, I played negative roles in the K-serials and at that time nobody had imagined that I could do comedy. I looked like a rich bitch when I did negative roles and tomboyish when I played the cop. So, it's really about the character that I'm playing.
Your new TV show Tota Weds Maina has gone off air in less than three months. How do you feel about that?
There's no feeling. But, yes, I personally believe that a show must be given time, at least a few months to settle down. If they expected high TRPs, they needed to give it some time. AndTota Weds Maina had replaced FIR, an established show, so all the more reason why it should have been given more time.
It was constantly being compared to FIR, where you played Chandramukhi Chautala.
FIR is an eight-year-old show and hence, there should have been no comparison. Also, there were constant changes in Tota Weds Maina. The director changed five times, the writers changed... basically the team just couldn't get formed. Even in a marriage, you need time to adjust to each other. Some teams miraculously get formed, others need a little time. FIR too, took almost a year to become popular.
Do you regret your decision to move from FIR to Tota Weds Maina?
Not at all. I loved FIR, but I was bored doing it for seven-and-a-half years. And my timing has been great because I am doing a film rightnow. The producers of Tota Weds Maina have been very supportive and in fact, in the last week of the show, helped me adjust dates with my film shoot.
Do you feel somewhere the audience preferred you as the tomboyish Chandramukhi Chautala rather than the feminine Maina in the show?
I wouldn't say that. FIR has been on for many years and I have won awards for my comic performance. But before that, I played negative roles in the K-serials and at that time nobody had imagined that I could do comedy. I looked like a rich bitch when I did negative roles and tomboyish when I played the cop. So, it's really about the character that I'm playing.
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