"It's an amazing feeling to be a part of the play Nirbhaya" - Rukhsar Rehman
We normally associate her with doing negative roles but actress Rukhsar Rehman shows us another side of her personality as she becomes part of the play Nirbhaya where she share a hard hitting real life incident.
Published: Monday,Mar 24, 2014 12:09 PM GMT-06:00
The play which was performed in India too last week got excellent response from the audience including some of Rukhsar's actor friends who appreciated her performance in it. When we at TellyBuzz got to know of this we got in touch with this talented actress.
Telling us more about the play, Rukhsar said "Nirbhaya is a play which is based on the Delhi gang rape which happened in December 2012. It is a testimonial play which means that the play is based on the real life experiences of the actors who have gone through sexual and gender based violence where they talk about how they have fearlessly fought against the violence they had to face. We have already presented the play in London and Scotland and we have won an award too in a theater festival for it. Many countries are inviting us to present our play and it is a very encouraging feeling."
Rukhsar too as part of the play has narrated an incident which she had experienced but she didn't want to elaborate more on it, "In the play I am playing myself. The story will be based on a real life incident which I have gone through. I can't tell you the incident as I can't describe it in words. However, it is an amazing feeling working in a play like Nirbhaya. I don't have words to describe my feeling right now."
Theatre is not new for Rukhsar who has acted in plays earlier too, "I have been part of the Rangbazz group and have acted in a play called Falsapha with them earlier, but it didn't get as much response as Nirbhaya."
She believes that working in theatre is comparatively difficult because one needs to be very accurate as an actor when on stage, "Working for theatre is a bit difficult as compared to television. I don't say that you don't have to hard work in TV but when you are doing theatre you have to be very focused as opposed to TV. We also rehearsal a lot for the play but sometimes when you have a huge number of live audience staring at you in the auditorium there are chances that you may get nervous. But as an actor we have to be always be ready for that kind of challenge when it comes to acting. So when Nirbhaya came on my way, I accepted it."Currently, Rukhsar Rehman is seen as Lavanya on Life OK's Tumhari Paakhi, a show which is doing extremely well for itself in terms of ratings and popularity. So, how does she manage her time doing a television show and the play simultaneously? "It's very stressful for me to do both things - my show Tumhari Paakhi and play Nirbhaya, but I manage to do so because it is a great opportunity which I don't want to lose. Even my television show Tumhari Paakhi is doing great on Television as this week it managed to get the highest TRP on Life OK. It is like a double treat for me and I am very happy to be part of both."
TellyBuzz wishes Rukhsar Rehman all the best for her play!
Comments (8)
Rukhsar is beautiful. She's doing a good job in Tumhari Pakhi.
10 years ago
Rushar rehem You Rocks. i love your character in Tumhari Paakhi. it's a awesome show...i like you from the time when you were doing a zee tv show Che And Me...and you rocks in that show too. and in tumhari paakhi your character is grey shade but still i love your character and the chemistry between you,iqbal khan and sachin schroff is awesome. you really look good in the role of iqbal's (ayushman) sister.
10 years ago
Congratulations and all the very best to you Rukhsar RehmanMa'am. You are a very beautiful and brilliant actress. You gave not only face but breathed life into Dr. Mallika of Kuch Toh Log Kahenge. Immensely miss my favorite show KTLK and all its supertalented actors.
10 years ago
Ruksar Rehman, its great news to know of your work.. You are beautiful and doing a great job in Tumhaari Paakhi as well. Love the show and glad to know its in the top. Wishing ur play all the beat.
10 years ago
Proud of you Rukhsar... Love Tumhari Pakhi..
10 years ago
very proud of you you are doing wonderful tumari pakhi rocks
10 years ago
Tumhari Paakhi is the best show I have seen till date it deserves to be number one in terms of ratings
10 years ago
I am not surprise that TP got highest TRP this week. It's all thanks to those Holi episodes, drunk Ankhi and their awesome chemistry. This is the first time we got to see Ankhi's romance. I want to see more Ankhi romance before the show end.
10 years ago