TV content not improving: Sharad Kelkar
New Delhi Oct 7 (IANS) In a career spanning over a decade he has struck a balance between television shows and films. While Sharad Kelkar feels he gets a platform to showcase his versatility on the silver screen the actor says content on television is not showing any improvement.
"The content on TV is not improving because things which I used to do eight years back... maybe 20 to 30 per cent people are trying something different but rest all is same which was earlier " Sharad told IANS when asked about the change he has witnessed in films and TV shows based on content.
"In films you have to finish a full story in two and half hours. So there you get a completely different set-up and have more time. But as an actor I don t like to differentiate between the two mediums and always try to give my best shot " he added.
Sharad has played various shades of characters in TV shows like "Saat Phere - Saloni Ka Safar" "Uttaran" "Agent Raghav - Crime Branch". The actor was last seen on screen as the villain Dhauli in Sanjay Dutt-starrer "Bhoomi".
He feels an actor should be ready to play all types of roles.
"I don t think any actor would make himself image-bound like being a villain or hero or a character artist. We all are actors. We have to do different stuff and learn more. If I will stick to one particular category then I am not learning anything new and doing the same thing " Sharad said.
"To play a role you try to come out of your skin and get into somebody else s skin. That s why I am not very image-bound. If you see my TV career I have been playing a good husband. In ‘Kuch To Log Kahenge I was playing a very sweet guy who doesn t speak much. I have done a lot of these kind of roles.
"I have played positive characters a lot. Recently I have done a Marathi film where I played a simple character. I accepted the role of Dhauli because there was a lot of homework that I had to do. My funda is don t be image conscious as an actor. If you see Paresh Rawal or (late) Om Puri they have played both negative and positive roles " he added.
Besides acting Sharad has also made a name for himself as a dubbling artist. He gave voice to actor Prabhas s roles of Amrendra and Mahendra Baahubali in the Hindi version of filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli s "Baahubali: The Beginning" and "Baahubali 2: The Conclusion".
"I am a huge fan of S.S. Rajamouli. When I gave the audition -- the voice test -- for ‘Baahubali the only point I had in mind was to meet him " said Sharad ahead of the TV premiere of "Baahubali 2: The Conclusion" on Sony MAX on Sunday.
"I saw the film first to see the graph of the character. Then I had to module the voice to make the two characters - Amrendra and Mahendra Baahubali - look different from each other " he added.
--IANS
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