After playing important characters in `Udaan` and `Pavitra Bhagya`, Pratiksha Rai is now seen as the antagonist in `Nath – Zewar Ya Zanjeer`. She talks how demanding televisions soaps are, the kind of response she is getting from the audience, and how different she is from the negative character she plays. Shooting for a daily soap, Pratiksha said, can be quite challenging. Long hours at work leave an actor with hardly any time for personal chores.
“You don`t get time to focus on your personal life. Recently, I shot for a heavy-duty track because of which I didn`t get time for my workout or even to call my parents. When you work for a daily soap, you don`t get time to groom yourself, you don`t get holidays and you end up shooting for more than 12 hours every day. “But you also get a lot in return, especially recognition. So, it is indeed difficult and one must learn to balance work with one`s personal life,” Pratiksha pointed out.
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Delving into her character, she shared the audience response: “I get both good and negative comments. People write that I am extremely bad, as I have come between the lead couple (Chahat Pandey and Avinash Mishra) and torture their children. I want to tell them that I am nothing like Kaajal. I dote on kids.”
She added: “I am glad that people take the character so seriously and appreciate my acting. But I still have a long way to go. I am proud that people know me from my character and wonder whether I am like the character in real life. I am grateful for the opportunity,” she adds.
So, is she anything like her character? Pratiksha replies: “Everyone has a dark side. I am not jealous like Kaajal. My father always taught me not to compete with others and hence, I don`t feel the emotion of jealousy ever. Kaajal can go to any extent to achieve what she has set out for. While I can never be mean, I relate to her junoon (craziness) of accomplishing her goals.”
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