MUMBAI: With her recent performance in Heeramandi, veteran performer Farida Jalal turned heads. Her subsequent interviews have also generated a lot of conversation as she continues to win over the audience. During an interview, she said that although people in the film industry change their allegiance, television never forgot about her and treated her with great respect. She even mentioned that she hoped to see a Shararat sequel in the future, referring to the well-liked television program.
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Speaking with actor Shruti Seth, who co-starred with Jalal as her granddaughter, we learned that the group has actually been working to bring Shararat back to life for a while. Seth said, “It’s been almost a decade since we have been trying to bring the show back. May be an interesting web show around it, similar to what Riverdale did to Archies but a little more adult version and slightly less childish version than the original,” Seth added, “We did try and pitch it but there weren’t any takers and the market was going through a complete overhaul, catering to a new audience.”
Seth further added, “Despite several attempts, conversations with many people... at one point we thought of turning it into a feature film, how Khichdi had become but, may be Shararat is such a big show that doing anything to it might end up tampering its legacy,”
Reacting to Farida Jalal’s comments of losing touch with actors and filmmakers, Seth said, “She is like a second mother to me. How can I not be in touch with my mother! She has done for me as she would have done for her real daughter, and sometimes more [than that]. Farida ji is an extension of our family. She has always been there, with my parents. Our relationship went so much beyond the show.”
She further added, “Amongst all the things that I am grateful for, her love is simply the highest ranked perk of having done Shararat.Her love, her affection, her generosity... I don’t think many people have their privilege because as an industry we move on from project to project, but our attachment as a group in Shararat has passed the test of time. May be that’s the best way to leave the show.”
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