Ashiesh Roy is definitely on a roll these days. The hard-working actor, who has immensely impressed as the love-crossed husband Ashok in the Sphere Origins’ soap ‘Mere Angane Mein’, seems to be on a signing spree.
He can now be seen in not one, not two, but three daily soaps. He plays the language obsessed Kirtan Pandit in the Optimystix SAB TV daily ‘Dr. Bhanumati On Duty’, and as the maverick Purshottam in Kavita Barjatya’s ‘Ek Rishta Saajhedari Ka’ on Sony TV. And that is not all. Later this month, he will be flying off to Kenya to do a play. With this, Ashiesh returns to stage after a gap of two years, something he seems visibly excited about.
But the role he is super delighted with is that of Purshottam in Kavita Barjatya’s ‘Ek Rishta Saajhedari Ka’. Ashiesh plays Diwakar Sethia’s (Sooraj Thapar) childhood friend and samdhi Purshottam, and appears to have not a single serious bone in his body. He is the only person who can tie the otherwise strict disciplinarian Diwakar up in knots. He disrupts the entire discipline of the household, much to the delight of the children. But underneath his boisterous exterior, he is Diwakar’s staunchest supporter and crisis manager.
“Purshottam’s character is quite honestly closest to me in real life,” confesses Ashiesh. “And I almost didn’t get to do the part as there were lot of date issues with ‘Mere Angane Mein’, where my role suddenly became more meaty and important. Loyalty issues crept in, and I did refuse the role with a heavy heart.”
But like they say in the entertainment industry, what you have to get, will come to you eventually. “Producer Kavita intervened and assured me that she will sort out the date issues, and I was back on board. It is a fantastic role for which I have been given a free hand to interpret, and with Sooraj Thapar’s help, it has shaped up rather well.”
Ashiesh is excited about the haldi sequence in the Sony TV show that will go on air tonight (10 October). “I am especially fond of the haldi scene, which I disrupt in spite of Diwakar’s strict instructions, and turn it virtually into a holi celebration, with haldi flying around and smearing everybody. And in the end, a shocked Diwakar also joins in the revelry, and it becomes a riot of colours. The shooting reached such a crescendo that even the crew joined in towards the end, and we were excited about splashing haldi on everything and everybody, practically ruining the white set!”
But no one minded, as the results were stunning. “Of course, we all had to bathe for hours afterwards to get rid of the haldi, which was everywhere and into everything. And some of us are still yellow days later!” The particular episode airs tonight, and we look forward to much more spontaneous revelry on set in the coming weeks.”
Also speaking about this sudden flurry of work, Ashiesh says, “After ‘Papad Pol’, Optimystix and I were trying to work together for a long time, but the economics were not working out. This time around, when they approached me, they had a light-hearted character which I liked immediately. It felt like a nice change from the serious role I was doing for over a year in ‘Mere Angane Mein’. And it went down quite well with the audience as well. So it was quite a good outing.”
Way to go, Ashiesh!!
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