These days serial Sitara: Vish Ya Amrit is making headlines due to the overnight exit of talented actors Shakti Anand and Falaq Naaz from the show. The actors are disappointed with the producer, Rashmi Sharma as they were informed about the exit at the last moment.
Speaking about the same, Shakti told a leading daily, "I wasn’t informed about it till I shot my death scene. I had been in talks with the makers regarding my track a month after the show went on air in December. I was pushing them to make me understand why they had signed me in the first place, as the role had nothing to offer. I didn’t want to travel for hours to reach the set and feel tortured. My wife (Sai Deodhar) would ask me every day about the shoot, hoping that I must have done something concrete, but I was doing nothing other than standing in a puja, shaadi or birthday.”
He further added, "I told the makers that if I didn’t have a role to play, then they should bring it to an end, but I had no clue that it would unfold in such a manner. Just a month ago, they had told me that they had great plans for my character and the story would revolve around me."
Why is an actor expected to inform the makers in advance when they want to quit a project, while producers can Falaq Naaz is also disturbed with the way she moved out of the show. She said, "How can they axe any character overnight without prior intimation? All I expect as an artiste is to be informed about my exit in advance. I learnt about my exit a day before I shot the last scene, but no one from the team told me about it. Even today, I am waiting for the creative team to get in touch with me."
However, the makers are yet to react on the same.
(Source: Bombay Times)
