Sharad almost done with Saat Phere
Sharad Kelkar is busy shooting in Wai for his last few scenes in Saat Phere. It was rumoured that the actor asked to be killed on the show as he did not want to play the role of an elder Nahar.
"It was the demand of the script that is why Nahar is dying the show! These rumours are false that I was not ready to play elder character. As an actor I should be open to any kind of role. If Anupam Kher can play 60 year old, when he was half of that age, then why not me," says Sharad, "We were shooting some under water scenes in Wai. I think within a week I will wrap up my shoot."
"Moreover I do not think so show is taking a leap so soon so there was no question that I would have play a father's or an older character in the show. We have not changed any script and my death in the show was already there in the script," he adds.
So what is next for him?
"I have not signed anything so far but I am open to reality shows and hosting offers too. I will prefer hosting," he says.
The actor says once he is done with the soap he will spend New Year eve with his wife and friends in Goa. "Whenever we used to for holidays on third day I used to feel that I should go back to my sets. This time I will not go back on my sets, when I will finish the shoot for last day. I will miss everyone and everything, but I do not want to think about that now."
On the day when terrorist attacks took place Sharad was out of Mumbai but he says that only added to his concern.
"I left for Wai on the same day. I got the news when I reached in the hotel. I called up my family and friends immediately and was watching the news till 4 am! I have just retuned and thankfully everything is fine now. But hotels have all lean and thin security guards and the government should have been prepared for such attacks. However I think we should also be more alert now," he says.
Sonali Joshi, Hill Road Media Saturday, November 29, 2008
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