Shriya Pilgaonkar on her sequence ‘Responsible Minds’ not being renewed for season 2: ‘Do not know what the explanations have been, it wasn’t even a really costly present and…’ – Firstpost

Shriya Pilgaonkar is making some actually attention-grabbing selections as an actress. She has acted in each movies and OTT and particularly on the streaming platform, she has titles like The Damaged Information, Taaza Khabar, and Responsible Minds, which turned top-of-the-line reviewed exhibits of 2022.

Pilgaonkar’s new web-series ‘Chhal Kapat’ drops on Zee5 at this time and is a whodunnit the place the actress performs the investigative officer. In an unique interview, she speaks about this present, her response to Responsible Minds not being renewed for an additional season, and the evolution of content material in the previous couple of years.

Edited excerpts from the interview

How did you put together for this position of an investigating officer?

It’s attention-grabbing as a result of Devika Rathore’s character just isn’t like the same old aggressive cop or the same old portrayal you may even see, as male cops possibly portrayed. Devika is anyone who asserts her authority even by means of her smile, even by means of her silences. And for me, it was very attention-grabbing to develop a sure sort of a physique language to her and in addition to grasp her internal world as a result of she’s not too long ago been widowed. She misplaced her husband in an accident not too long ago, and he or she wished to maneuver from a bigger city to a smaller place.

She wished to vary her, she she acquired posted there as a result of she wished to maneuver away from the large metropolis and the noise. So she is principally at a really attention-grabbing juncture in her life. So once you see her once I wished to play her, I didn’t wish to play her like a typical aggressive cop. So greater than watching cop movies or attempting to repeat any mannerisms, for me, it was actually about working with my director and writers and creating Devika from scratch.

So do you see any similarities between Shree and Devika?

Devika’s character could be very instinctive, very, sharp, and he or she a very good she has a really sharp instinctive sense about individuals. And I feel that’s one thing that I can say is frequent between Devika and I as a result of, most of the time, I’m additionally very instinctive about individuals and conditions. In fact, typically I’ve been fallacious, however, principally I feel I can say that I’m fairly sharp with my instincts. So that’s one factor that I can say.

And since this can be a whodunnit, when you have been studying the script or whereas the script was being narrated to you, have been you curious to know what’s going to occur subsequent?

That’s the explanation why I made a decision to do that as a result of whodunit is my favorite style. And, I’ve grown up watching and studying Agatha Christie, Enid Blyton, Sherlock Holmes, Nancy Drew, and we’ve grown up watching quite a lot of homicide mysteries and investigative dramas. So the explanation that I really even wished to do it is because I actually just like the format of seven episodes, 20-25 minutes every. It’s a household entertainer. And the best way it’s written, it’s very crisp, and I might see myself eager to know extra as a result of I used to be hooked.

You have got made some actually attention-grabbing selections as an actor. I wish to ask you ever because the streaming platform has seen an increase, how a lot do you are feeling we’ve got seen content material evolve or change.

It has. There’s no two methods about it. And, see, evolution is part of showbiz, they usually’ll continually be studying and unlearning. And I’m very grateful that makers have trusted me with actually good scripts and nuanced characters, whether or not it was a lawyer in Responsible Minds or Mirzapur or a intercourse employee in Taaza Khabar or a journalist. I really feel like all these components that I’ve performed have been so superbly written that I’ve had a lot inventive emotional fulfilment in my journey taking part in these completely different components. However like I stated, we even have to simply accept that the trade retains going by means of its course of.

You recognize, there’s a part the place typically there’s an excessive amount of content material that’s not excellent on the market, after which there’ll be one thing wonderful and galvanizing that comes out, after which everybody attempt to make that. However, ultimately, content material that basically works is content material that’s genuine, which is authentic and never attempting to be one thing that it’s not. So I really feel like actors like me are very grateful to the OTT area due to the best way it paved for us to convey our expertise to the desk, and the hope is for for work on OTT to additionally convey in additional movie work.

You simply stated that there’s a lot of content material on the market, which isn’t good, and we’ve got seen a number of seasons of that present. However on the subject of Responsible Minds, as you stated, it was authentic. It was inspiring. It was wonderful. It was top-of-the-line exhibits of 2022, and but we get the heart-breaking information that it’s going to not be renewed for season two.

I used to be additionally heartbroken. I don’t have any reply to your query. I actually don’t know what to say. I don’t know what to say to this. I don’t know what the explanations have been, whether or not it was a enterprise choice as a result of it was not even a really large present. It was not even a really costly present. So I don’t know, however I additionally really feel like what occurs is usually exhibits that individuals declare that they don’t like, are spoken a lot about on social media that ultimately individuals are curious they usually go watch it and that offers the numbers. So it turns into cringe watching.

Perhaps it has to do with their equipment. I assume someplace good exhibits want the assist of fine mounting as nicely. And I feel someplace, even the media must assist it. Even the viewers must assist it. As a result of the identical viewers who’s asking for good content material must additionally assist it with numbers. I used to be very emotionally connected to that present, and I felt very unhappy to know that we wouldn’t be doing a season two, and we simply have to simply accept it after which hopefully make others different stuff now. What do I say?

How would you describe the character of Devika?

Devika as a cop could be very sturdy, however in her private life, she feels disrespected and he or she is aware of her husband was very insecure about her. And I feel quite a lot of girls in energy could also be going by means of the identical factor the place they don’t they’ve that respect of at work, however they will not be surrounded by people who find themselves safe and respectful to them of their private life. So I hope when individuals watch it, they’re impressed, particularly girls, to remain of their energy and to face up for themselves. That’s one factor that could be a very attention-grabbing layer to Devika’s character

It’s not about simply doing this as soon as. I feel it’s about creating completely different characters as a result of the cop in Singham to the cop Rani Mukerji in Mardaani to Delhi Crime to Chhal Kapat, they’re all completely different variations of individuals within the system.