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Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka has been in the news since quite some time now. It all started when the show was first under the scanner and then eventually shifted to the digital medium followed by Drashti Dhami's exit from the show. However, it eventually moved to the channel again and currently airs on both Voot as well as Colors. However, earlier in the day, there came reports about the show being pulled off in February, and we got in touch with Shakti Arora aka Kunal about the same. He spoke about the future of the show, how the journey of Silsila has been, and the race for TRPs.
Talking about the show going off-air in February, he said, "We had spoken about the shot when it was supposed to go digital, we had a deal of three months, and that thing is coming to an end, but still two months are left. Right now the ratings are sufficient enough and two months are still remaining and it is after that that they will decide. If the ratings are very good or improving, they might continue it further for another three months, if not, they will wrap it up in February."
When asked about how the journey has been with the show constantly hitting major roadblocks, the actor quipped, "Obviously, I wanted the show to run for a longer period of time, but since the whole set up of the show quite bold, and our audience is still not very forward so people can't expect the kind of show we are doing right now because the concept is extra-marital affair so because of that it created a lot of stir. But, from the time it has gone to Voot, the story has been changed completely, Kunal has been shown in positive light, so I started enjoying the character more after that."
He further added, "Actually, the whole journey was very interesting because I have done an out and out positive role before, this was slightly a grey character and to play a flawed character is a treat for an actor. Because it is not an easy job, after playing a flawed character people still remember by your character name, your role and your character, so I think that is an award for me and it is a great thing to add on my bio-data as well that I have done such a fabulous show like Silsila. I don't think it is anybody's cup of tea because to play this character requires a lot of layers which I created and a lot of graphs had to be created, it was a wonderful journey, and I am still enjoying it and I will enjoy it till the time I will play it."
When questioned about how there is a constant clash between good content, and channel's wanting TRPs, he went on to say, "I think even the channel has to understand this that they can't expect TRPs within the first few months of the show because to set up a show, for the audience to get loyal to your show often takes time. Most of the channels I feel get really hyper that they are not getting TRPs so put some drama, do some camera tricks and all that jazz, and bring the TRPs somehow, we care a damn about the story and even if the story has to be put completely in the platter it is fine with us. They get really jittery when they don't get TRPs and they are not patient about it. Earlier we used to be so patient, we used to test the show for 6 months, then it became three months and now some shows are getting off-air within one or two shows."
Talking about how Silsila was pulled off in an attempt to get TRPs with another show, he said, "They pulled off our show and got another show called Tantra and it is getting 0.4 ratings, was it a smart decision? My show was a 11:20 pm show, not even 11:00. All the channels I feel are coming up with supernatural shows thinking it will work, Naagin type of shows and we are not onto that level in terms of it, if you see Hollywood supernatural shows for example. We are just stooping to some bad level of television and we are spoiling people's mind and forcing them to move to web-series and watch something online."
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Talking about the show going off-air in February, he said, "We had spoken about the shot when it was supposed to go digital, we had a deal of three months, and that thing is coming to an end, but still two months are left. Right now the ratings are sufficient enough and two months are still remaining and it is after that that they will decide. If the ratings are very good or improving, they might continue it further for another three months, if not, they will wrap it up in February."
When asked about how the journey has been with the show constantly hitting major roadblocks, the actor quipped, "Obviously, I wanted the show to run for a longer period of time, but since the whole set up of the show quite bold, and our audience is still not very forward so people can't expect the kind of show we are doing right now because the concept is extra-marital affair so because of that it created a lot of stir. But, from the time it has gone to Voot, the story has been changed completely, Kunal has been shown in positive light, so I started enjoying the character more after that."
He further added, "Actually, the whole journey was very interesting because I have done an out and out positive role before, this was slightly a grey character and to play a flawed character is a treat for an actor. Because it is not an easy job, after playing a flawed character people still remember by your character name, your role and your character, so I think that is an award for me and it is a great thing to add on my bio-data as well that I have done such a fabulous show like Silsila. I don't think it is anybody's cup of tea because to play this character requires a lot of layers which I created and a lot of graphs had to be created, it was a wonderful journey, and I am still enjoying it and I will enjoy it till the time I will play it."
When questioned about how there is a constant clash between good content, and channel's wanting TRPs, he went on to say, "I think even the channel has to understand this that they can't expect TRPs within the first few months of the show because to set up a show, for the audience to get loyal to your show often takes time. Most of the channels I feel get really hyper that they are not getting TRPs so put some drama, do some camera tricks and all that jazz, and bring the TRPs somehow, we care a damn about the story and even if the story has to be put completely in the platter it is fine with us. They get really jittery when they don't get TRPs and they are not patient about it. Earlier we used to be so patient, we used to test the show for 6 months, then it became three months and now some shows are getting off-air within one or two shows."
Talking about how Silsila was pulled off in an attempt to get TRPs with another show, he said, "They pulled off our show and got another show called Tantra and it is getting 0.4 ratings, was it a smart decision? My show was a 11:20 pm show, not even 11:00. All the channels I feel are coming up with supernatural shows thinking it will work, Naagin type of shows and we are not onto that level in terms of it, if you see Hollywood supernatural shows for example. We are just stooping to some bad level of television and we are spoiling people's mind and forcing them to move to web-series and watch something online."
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