Exclusive! One shouldn't look down upon the medium that gave you fame: Sayantani Ghosh on Radhika Madan's recent comment, returning to Alibaba's set and more

I still haven't shot with him though, but shall be shooting together. There are a lot of changes happening with Abhishek stepping in. A part of me is still not ready to accept what had happened and I still feel sometimes that this all would be a dream and I would wake up. Accepting all of this is still a challenge. All of this came to us as a shock and I hope that we do justice to the show and the new chapter we are entering into. I hope we can pull together, it hasn't ever happened to any show where like in our show, the main leads weren't there suddenly. I just hope people see the intention and hard work behind the show, we are trying to keep the show alive and we as a unit are trying to work it, it is not easy when you are emotionally trying your best to churn out good episodes when you are in a contradicting headspace.

That could have been an easy decision with no hero or heroine of the show. It takes more courage to keep it running because there are so many. All of our lives would have changed overnight otherwise it still has changed emotionally. But on top of that, even if the show would have shut, for example, for me, I would have been suddenly without a show, after that what timeline will I get another show, will that happen or not? We are really lucky that the makers and the channel wanted us to continue and gave us a second chance.

I genuinely feel that everything in life has its strengths and its challenges. There is nothing like a picture-perfect scenario, I am not saying that there are no areas where we can't improve. Yes, Healthy criticism is acceptable, when it is about improving the working hours and environment, to better the working conditions. That is a very strong and relatable conversation to have but the way she spoke and her attitude was about belittling the Industry. And because even people who were interviewing were laughing, the intention was to look down upon them. I have a problem with that, kindly don't treat TV as a stepping stone in your career. I just feel that's very unfair to this medium.If you want to do movies then straight away begin with movies, do your struggle there. Don't use television, I feel there shouldn't be any demarcation, as artists we need to perform irrespective of the medium.

This whole demarcation and looking down, okay, this is a hierarchy. That is not something that I'm comfortable with. And as we all can witness, the biggest movie stars choose television to come and promote their films. Why? Because that is the reach TV has. It reaches millions of homes. And we've seen the kind of stardom or fame and love that TV artists get. So when you use it as a stop gap arrangement where you begin with TV, you learn and earn. Of course, it's your call if you want to do movies but one should look down upon where you have started and it brought you fame. I would never do that when I get an opportunity. It is just these artists who have begun from TV who look down upon it. It is these people starting from TV who find these problems. There are issues but then if your attitude is about demeaning it then I am very possessive about it and I believe nothing lacks with TV, it deserves the respect and one should show that.