RS Team
Rakt Sambandh
is her third show as the female protagonist and Sriti Jha is upbeat
about playing Sandhya on the show which will air on Imagine. This is
going to be the most challenging character Jha has ever portrayed as
Sandhya is blind. A test of her acting skills and perseverance, Jha
hopes to strike the right chord with her viewers in her new avatar.
Sriti
talks about the show and the kind of grooming she had gone through for
the challenge:
How does
it feel to be a part of Rakt Sambandh?
This is my
third role as a lead after Jiya Jale and Shaurya Aur Suhaani and is
different from all the previous shows I have done. Apart from being the
lead what makes Sandhya more interesting is that she is blind, so for
the actor in Sriti it is a big challenge to portray her convincingly. I
feel blessed by getting the opportunity to play this character.
How did
you react when you were offered this role?
I was like -
'Please do this to me', but when I heard the screenplay, I became sure
that I wanted to essay the role of Sandhya.
You are
playing Mentally unsound in Jyoti and now physically challenged
in Rakt Sambandh. What kind of homework did you go through for
the latter?
Since the character is extremely challenging I
have been doing a lot of homework to get it right and continuing to do
so. The most important tool to acting is eyes as we express through them
and if you take my eyes away from me I would be handicapped and dead as
an actor but that's what makes it extra-ordinary for me and I am upbeat
to play this role. Talking about Sandhya, she is least affected by her
shortcoming. She loses her sight and mother at the age of four in an
accident but leads a normal life unruffled by her blindness.
Tell us a
bit about your character Sandhya?
Sandhya is the youngest
among the five sisters and thus a pampered child of the family. She is a
very happy girl and content too in life. She is educated, honest,
self-sufficient and can take care of herself like any other normal
person.
Did you
visit any blind schools to get into the skin of the character?
Unfortunately
I couldn't due to time constraint. have been watching movies like
Black, Sparsh and Fanaa and also have taken tips from Sarwar Ahuja, who
is my co-actor on Jyoti and is shown blind on the show. I am also
reading the autobiography of Helen Keller which is amazing.
Define Rakt
Sambandh?
As suggested by the title, the show is about
the bonding and relationship of five sisters. Five different stories
will run on parallel tracks thereby focusing on five different couples
and their lifestyle. It is how these five stories culminate into one
where all the five sisters come together in the times of crisis.
So will
Sudha take a backseat now?
Sudha can never take a backseat
as the character is very close to me. She is as dear to me as Sandhya
is.
Have you
become an Imagine's child considering that this is your second show on
the channel?
They have really taken good care of me. Imagine
I am the Imagine's child (laughs).
But the
show isn't doing too well on the GRP charts?
I am not trying
to defend myself but am not an ambitious person. For me the channel
comes secondary as the character and story are of primary importance. If
I get a good character to portray, all I focus on is to essay it with
supreme honesty and dexterity.
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