Beyond the comfort zone

October 01, 2015 08:38 pm | Updated 08:38 pm IST

Shritama Mukherjee

Shritama Mukherjee

Shritama Mukherjee is a happy girl these days. Hailing from Bengal, she has been born and brought up in Kota, Rajasthan. Her stint in the world of entertainment has been limited to Hindi serials and competitions so far. But deep down she wanted to do something in her mother tongue. Though she is not doing a full fledged Bengali serial yet, Shritama will now be seen in Balaji Telefilms’ new serial “Kuch To Hai Tere Mere Darmiyaan” where she plays a Bengali girl in a cosmopolitan city. The serial is telecast on weekdays at 8.30 pm on Star Plus. Shritama was in New Delhi recently to promote the serial that started this Monday and was happy to take a few questions from The Hindu . Excerpts from a chat:

Q. You are a Bengali girl yet you have never starred in a Bengali serial or film….

I am very happy to be a part of such a big show and that too with such a big banner. It is a dream of any television actor to work with Balaji. But, yes, it is true that I until now I have not worked in a Bengali serial. Now in “Kuch To Hai Tere Mere Darmiyaan”, I am playing a Bengali girl at least. My character’s name is Koyal and I will get a chance to speak some Bengali words. That will be easy. In fact my first dialogue is in Bengali where even my face is not shown. Throughout the serial I will speak like a typical Bengali girl in a metropolis. So, Bengali will be interspersed with Hindi and English.

What is your character all about?

Mine is a young character of a chirpy and innocent girl who thinks from her heart. A girl who does not have big dreams and who tries to find happiness in small, small things. The serial is a youth-centric love story based in the city of steel, Jamshedpur. The execution and the treatment given to story by the producers is what makes it different and something more entertaining.

So you have shot for the serial in Jamshedpur?

Even though the story is based in Jamshedpur, we have not shot there. We have done the shooting in Panchgani, Thane and Mumbai.

The serial marks a real departure from the days of “Antakshri” and later acting in “Dekha Ek Khwab” and “Kalash” for you…

The experience I gained by performing in “Antakshri” proved useful when I got to sing a song in the serial “Dekha Ek Khwab”. I am a trained classical singer and I came to Mumbai to take part in “Antakshri”. I had no plans to act but fortunately acting came to me through some contacts and since then there has been no looking back. This is my seventh show on television.

You have done different kinds of roles in serial, ranging from totally positive to those with shades of grey. Which do you enjoy more?

I have been fortunate enough to do all type of characters whether its negative, with shades of grey or a positive one. The audiences have accepted me well.

Playing a negative character is more difficult, you have to maintain an edge and it is also risky. In “Kuch To Hai Tere Mere Darmiyaan”, I am essaying a positive character but acting in front of Ekta Kapoor is in itself a big challenge. Initially it made me very conscious.

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