Showing posts with label Purbi Joshi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Purbi Joshi. Show all posts
OTT will affect TV shows if not now, maybe later-Sarita Joshi
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Kavita Awaasthi (HINDUSTAN TIMES; March 23, 2021)
While most senior actors couldn’t step out of their homes due to the Coronavirus guidelines, last year, Sarita Joshi, made the most of her time and shot for a web show, Metro Park season 2. Talking about the “new experience”, and her first acting project with daughter Purbi Joshi, she says, “I was supposed to fly to the US to shoot for season 2 but shooting at home, too, was fun. While the role wasn’t demanding but it was challenging to get the lines right and match the timing over video calls. The energy of a set always helps in a performance and we had to make do without one. This was the only acting I did in the whole year since the lockdown.”
The Padma Shri winning actor is glad to be getting good work and says she doesn’t mind a shorter role “but the character has to be memorable”. “I like to enjoy acting and want to enjoy being onscreen. I was happy that I got great offers and characters in my career. I feel when you make an effort for a character, then it turns out well,” says the veteran, who was seen as the matriarch in the TV drama, Baa Bahoo Aur Baby (BBAB).
“After BBAB, people loved me in the serious role and everyone started calling me Baa (laughs). But the drawback was that they thought I could only do serious and dramatic roles. I had done a lot of comedy characters in theatres,” she adds.
Joshi is delighted about debuting on OTT with Metro Park season 2, and feels OTT has paved the path for many actors. “Hamara kya hota agar OTT nahin hota. Naye zamane ke saath, yeh zaroori hai. Now, there are so many more opportunities for actors. OTT will affect TV shows, if not now, maybe later. Instead of watching a TV show that keeps stretching stories for five years, a web show with multiple seasons is better form of storytelling,” she signs off.
The recipient of many prestigious awards, Joshi was awarded the Padma Shri last year but due to the pandemic, the ceremony was cancelled. “I feel sad that I couldn’t go for the award ceremony due to Covid but hope the function happens soon. I can’t wait to receive my award from our honourable President,” she says with a beaming smile.
Ranvir Shorey plays an immigrant in New Jersey in comedy TV series Metropark
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Natasha Coutinho (MUMBAI MIRROR; October 12, 2016)
After Anant Mahadevan’s biographical 2015 film Gour Hari Dastaan, Ranvir
Shorey is returning to the big screen with ex-wife Konkona Sen Sharma’s
directorial debut, A Death In The Gunj. Now, Mirror has learnt that the
actor has been shooting for Metropark, a TV series slated to premiere
early next year, alongside Omi Vaidya, Purbi Joshi, Pitobash Tripathy
and Vega Tamotia since September 28.Directed by filmmaker-writer duo Abi Varghese and Ajayan Venugopalan, the urban comedy revolves around two Indian immigrant families in New Jersey, US. Abi and Ajayan directed one of India’s first web series, Akkara kazhchakal, for YouTube that also aired on a channel in Kerala a decade ago. Incidentally, the Malayalam comedy series was also based on NRI characters and has achieved a cult status among Keralites around the world.
In Metropark, Ranvir plays Kalpesh Patel, a corner store owner in the Metropark area of New Jersey. “My character reflects the life of a typical Indian immigrant and their trials and tribulations,” the actor told Mirror. “It’s a Hindi series but since the story is set in the US, a good portion of it is in English. We don’t have a launch date yet but it could be around March 2017,” Ajayan said.
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