“I will leave Maayka at any cost”, thunders Shilpa

There have been rumours floating around on Shilpa Shinde's unhappiness with the script of Maayka, but now it is official and straight from the horse's mouth. "I am determined this time and will leave Maayka at any cost. It's just a matter of 15-20 days more before I quit the show," says the visibly angry actress. Shilpa is upset at the way her character is shaping up in the show and says, "I have told the creative team serveral times about this but it seems they have taken me for granted. I don't want to be another Tulsi, Parvati or Kumkum. I want to do something creative and productive which will satisfy my artistic mind." Shilpa is also immensely upset at the way Waaris ended. Reportedly Zee stopped the show saying that it was proving to be too expensive for them to run. "It is not a joke! When a respectable channel like Zee starts somethig like Waaris with actors like Aashish Vidyarthi, Iqbal Khan and me they should know that it will be an expensive production. If you know you do not have the financial prowess to pull it through, why start it?" Shilpa seems to be fuming with anger while talking about this issue. "That way even Maayka is an expensive show with stars like Parmeet Sethi, Upasana Singh, Aroona Irani (later she was replaced by Shoma Anand), Soma Anand and they are all experienced actors and highly paid. I believe if you want to run a successful show you can do it." While on the topic, she also treads on the controversial incident involving Yuvraaj Malhotra, though not directly. "In every relationship there is ego and you have to handle that carefully and cleverly." Is she ponting to the Yuvraj Malhotra incident in Waaris? "I don't have any clues about what he has done with the production staff but he was very co-opeartive and comfortable with his co-stars on the set. Waaris was a male dominated show but my character Gayatri was an aggressive one and I tried to do full justice to that," says Shilpa. "There was time when I had worked almost 18 hours daily for both the shows. You can ask my co-stars that I was never late on set. But what is it that I am getting in return? I have crossed five years in ths industry and I do expect more than what I am getting now, right? I don't think the channel should have the sole right of deciding when a show will end, actors should have their say too," says an angry Shilpa. "I have informed the producer of Maayka and its upto them whether they want to end my character or replace me with someone else. I am ok with both the eventualities," says Shilpa. What if they ask Shilpa to stay back? "They have already told me that but I will be back only if Waaris comes back." Shilpa has decided to take it easy for a few days now as she believes something good will happen in her career soon.