The looking Sangita Ghosh, who is playing a loud and over-the-top evil Pishachini in Star Plus fantasy Divya Drishti, is unapologetic about her wares.
“Let’s face it, if I have qualms about my character or hold back, it will affect my performance. Hence I try to convince myself that whatever she is doing is right. It is not easy, but that is the fun.”
“If you suspend disbelief for a minute and watch it for what it is, you will have to doff your hat to Pishachini’s determination to get her mani. She really makes life hell for the lead twin characters.”
So what is the public feedback?
“Well, I am lucky that I am not very active on Social Media (am only on Twitter). Also, it is good to note that I have been spared the real nasty trolling that some people do just to get attention. This bunch revels only in putting others down. Today, you have the freedom to say what you want, however right or wrong it may be.”
“I will not deny that such comments do affect us as we too are humans who get hurt. So I try to avoid reading them. My funda is clear that as long as I am happy, I don’t care a fig about what others who really don’t impact my life say or feel,” says Sangita, who has been around TV for years, doing shows such as Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand, Virasat, Kehta Hai Dil Jee Le Zara and Rishton Ka Chakravyuh.
“To those spewing venom, I will point out to them that they are still watching despite abusing. Even if you watch to poke fun, you are still increasing ratings, so thank you.”
“Also, have you ever bothered to ask yourself if you would be able to replicate even 1% of what we (any tv or film character) do? It is no mean task to produce 20 minutes of content on a daily basis. Actors shoot despite ill health or our jewellery and costumes poke. Sometimes, working conditions are also quite bad. Last but not the least, scripts come at the eleventh hour, forcing us to remember pages full of dialogues in double hurry.”
“But SM is not all bad. There is a small section of fans who do appreciate our efforts. They give correct feedback, which helps us to up our game.”
“Fans are not our family that they will known about our life. Whatever they know is based on our work and any true actor worth his/her salt would only want to be hailed for their on-screen efforts.”
In closing, Sangita says that too much overdependence on SM to gage an actor’s popularity is not right. “Casting calls are now taken not on the talent, but on the number of Instagram or Twitter followers an actor boasts of.”
