Mumbai Mar 18 PTI Actor Bhavana Balsavar says one of the reasons why content on TV deteriorated with time is because it rarely challenges artistes to push themselves Balsavar who has featured in some of the most popular TV shows in the 1990s like Dekh Bhai Dekh Zabaan Sambhalke and No Problem said she feels sad that it is difficult to get projects which can motivate her to work harder Unfortunately I dont get to work as hard as I used to earlier Earlier we had a lot more to do retakes improve on our performances rewrite That isnt the case anymore as there is a time constraint and due to that we arent able to dedicate time to perfect our characters or a shot That is my biggest grouse the 46-year-old actor told PTIBalsavar said during her days working on the cult classic show Dekh Bhai Dekh the team would shoot for hours to get a sequence of four-five minuteThere have also been times when we shot seven days for one episode Today you dont have that luxury as you are rolling out episodes everyday With weekly shows time was a luxury Right now it is more about catching the eye with garish colours and costumes so that people stay it has got nothing much to do with contentI was once told that if you are dressed normal and plain people will switch away from us and go to some other channel with bright colours So if this is the thinking then this is exactly how things are going to be she addedThe actor said its ironic that she has been in the industry for 30 years but hasnt done too much work Balsavars TV appearances have been limited with gaps between each projectShe now returns to the small screen with her latest Colors TV show Spy Bahu which pairs her with her mother veteran actor Shubha KhoteThe duo are seen playing on-screen mother-daughter on the show Spy Bahu features actor Sana Sayyad as an agent on a mission to uncover a suspected terrorist played by Sehban Azim but ends up falling in love with himI have always looked for something that makes me happy My character has to be good should have various shades the duration doesnt matter What I liked about Spy Bahu was that it is a well-rounded character It has humour but is also highly emotional That got my attentionThe show is also so unique Right now on TV everything is so mundane with the same run-of-the-mill kind of stories But this show is different with a fantastic nice story Everything just came together for this one she addedThe actor said Spy Bahu was one of the rare projects which had a promising character for her to play and where the makers didnt rely on what she had done in the pastA lot of the time I am turned off by what is offered There are makers who offer me a role saying It is comedy please do it If you are in it the comedy will happen I am not here to create comedy I can act enhance but you have to give me a foundation a script And this is limited to not just comedy but everything on TVI dont want people to come with empty offers They say TRPs will dictate how the show will turn out But you need to have something substantial at first Its not like I havent worked for years and so I am desperate now Thankfully I have never reached that stage she added PTI JUR RB SHD SHD
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