Why it was a ‘task’ for Aishwarya to get back to work
Unlike many who’re still sceptical to step out for work, actor Aishwarya Sakhuja has resumed the shoot for her TV show. And she says it brought normalcy back into her life, though the circumstances are indeed unusual.
“It’s not that anybody forced me. The past four months have been the correction phase, and I need normalcy in my life. I stepped out as I was under a commitment. My producer must have suffered already, that (not going back to work) wouldn’t have been right,” reasons the 33-year-old. The first few days were “very overwhelming” for Sakhuja, as she tells us, “I was careful about being under self-quarantine (during the lockdown). For me, to acclimatise myself to his new situation was a task because I had genuinely stayed at home throughout. It took us a while to get back into the groove to see people. The first day I got back from work, I was so alert; we were more focused on social distancing.” When Sakhuja first read the safety guidelines laid down by the Maharashtra government to resume shoots, she admits wondering how they would be executed. “The first few days were tough, but that’s the beauty of being human, we adapt and adapt. It didn’t sound rosy on papers, when the guidelines came to us, and we were wondering as to how we will be able to pull it off,” she says.
Everyone was, however, confident once things went on floors, she adds. “The industry is resilient. We know we’ll have to make do with whatever is being offered to us if we want to resume, and that’s exactly what we did. It’s difficult even now, we’re just getting used to it. It’s a temporary phase and will go away,” she hopes.