After appearing in films like Laxmii (2020) and Bhuj: The Pride Of India, and hit web show, The Family Man, actor Sharad Kelkar is back to television, but as a host. Talking about his reunion with the small screen, he says, “I’ve worked in the TV industry for good seven-eight years. It’s like my home ground. People expect certain seriousness and a stern voice while I’m hosting. Maybe they wanted me back.”

But he has no qualms in admitting that he has no plans of going back to doing a fiction show on TV. “Even if a good show comes my way, I don’t think I will be able to do it, because my dates won’t permit me. I don’t want to be an actor who overcommits and is then unable to fulfil the demands of the producers,” says Kelkar.

He feels doing a daily soap would be quite hectic. “TV is too demanding. It requires a lot of time and courage. I don’t think I’m in the space right now, where I can do justice to a TV show,” says the actor.

Looking back at his TV days, the Black Widows (2020) actor says, “I used to be a rebel who refused to be tagged as a TV actor. I don’t believe in this system where we compartmentalize actors as a comic, serious, negative or character actor.”

The only label Kelkar believes in is that of “a good or decent actor”. He explains, “Labelling an actor narrows down their space, which I don’t want for myself. I don’t want to restrict myself, be it in terms of mediums, subjects or directors. However, if an actor wants to limit himself, that’s a different debate. As for me, I’ve never approached any medium differently,” he ends.