Surveen Chawla: Quit TV as I couldn't do saas-bahu shows

| PTI | Jul 22, 2016, 11:51 IST

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All set for a comeback on TV with crime thriller "

" season two, actress Surveen Chawla says she chose to stay away from the small screen earlier because of its content.

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"The reason I quit television was because of the content. I couldn't see myself doing all these things (typical 'saas bahu' shows). What does 'saas bahu' show teach us? One is polluting the atmosphere by showing politics between saas and bahu. I think this is negativity. Why don't we refrain from showing all this?" Surveen told PTI.

"We must have shows that are different and progressive. The change on TV is a must," she said.

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The 32-year-old actress entered the world of daily soaps in early 2000 with shows like "Kahin Toh Hoga" and "Kasauti Zindagi Ki".

She will now be seen on the small screen in the season two "24", but Surveen doesn't think the show is her comeback to television.

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"I did not come back to television, I just picked up something that happened to be on television. If there would have been a film on '24' I would have still done it. So it was not a deliberate attempt to come back on TV," she said.

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The "Kahin Toh Hoga" actress was earlier unhappy being part of the small screen. But when she started shooting for "24", her myth about working on TV shows broke.

"When I was doing TV it was not the best kind of environment to be in. When I went on day one to shoot for '24' it was like a film set, there was no unnecessary yelling, it was all well maintained. The makers of '24' created a good working environment for everyone," she said.

The "

Ugly

" actress shared screen space for a song in "Welcome Back" with noted actor Anil Kapoor, who plays one of the protagonists in the espionage drama "24".

"Anil Sir's energy is infectious, you learn so much from him. He is always ready to do lot of things with so much passion," she said.

In the show, Surveen plays the role of Sikander Kher's (Haroon) love interest.

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"She is Haroon's love interest and Anil Sir is her love interest. It's an interesting role. Every character is pivotal," she said.

The "Hate Story 2" actress, who is a fan of the original American show, "24", found the season one of the Indian version also amazing.

"I think it was refreshing to see the Indian version of '24', it was shot like a film," she added.

Also featuring Sakshi Tanwar, Ashish Vidyarthi, Neil Bhoopalam and Sudhanshu Pandey, the show will go on air from tomorrow on

Colors

channel.

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Anil Kapoor’s 24 Season 2: 5 revelations made at the launch

After a two-year gap, the much awaited finite series '24' is back with its second edition. Armed with a new mission and boundless action, thrill and drama, Season 2 promises to be even more stylish and daunting than the first one. At the trailer launch of the new season, some revelations were made.

Superstar Anil Kapoor has been pushing the envelope when it comes to season 2 of TV series 24. The actor, who will once again reprise the role of Jai Singh Rathore has done some bold scenes in the film. The actor will be seen locking-lips with Hate Story 2 fame, Surveen Chawla. The lip-lock scene is also part of the promo.

Anil Kapoor’s 24 is known for roping in some of the big names from Bollywood industry From Shabana Azmi, Anupam Kher to Anita Raj, season 1 saw many faces from Bollywood. Recently, there were reports about superstar Aamir Khan being part of the show. However, Anil confirmed the news that Aamir is not doing this season. Anil said, “Well, to be honest, he is not doing the show. If Aamir agrees to do 24 we will need 2 Jack Bauer's (laughs). I would love him to be part of the show. 24 is a show if someone agrees to do it he has to come organically to the show. If you see all the actors on 24 we play characters. It is not a star driven show."

Recently, there were reports that Sakshi bagged the role over Tabu because of professionalism and commitment towards her work which convinced them to have her on board. However, Anil Kapoor refused the buzz. He said, “I want to make it very clear Tabu is a brilliant actor and one of my good friends. I am a huge fan of hers. The deal with her couldn’t happen because of the availability and time commitment that I needed.”

Anil has left no stone unturned to give realistic look to the show. The actor, who took help from Rakesh Maria to prepare for his role last year, has this time too taken help from the Cyber Crime team to prep-up for his role.

The actor said, “This time the gentleman, who was given the responsibility to help was Mr. Suhas. Cyber crime has grown a lot. This time I got a chance to meet a lot of people who are now involved in solving the cyber problem. Our cyber capabilities are very less as compared to other parts of the world. I met them and got to know many things. I was lucky enough to meet all of them. In fact, I was a chief guest at one of the conferences where all the people who work for the cyber crime department were part of it.”

Sakshi Tanwar will play prominent role in the second season. Sakshi, who is also part of Aamir Khan’s Dangal, will be seen as part of Anil’s anti-terrorist squad. She is playing a tough cop and Anil Kapoor’s Boss. On the show, she takes over the situation after Jai Singh (Anil Kapoor) goes into a rehab.

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