Categorising actors by mediums needs to stop, feels Urvashi

Recently, when a fan asked Urvashi Dholakia on social media to make a comeback on screen, she replied saying, “The pandemic has left no vacancies for me”. The actor, who never shies away from expressing her views about the industry or otherwise, feels the entertainment industry has been drastically affected in many ways due to the pandemic.

Sharing her thoughts, she says it’s not just monetarily but also that the kind of content being put out today, is not being experimented with. The actor explains, “Being a part of the industry for more than three decades now, I have worked on a variety of genres and shows. So, even though actors are expected to be versatile, we are being stagnated due to the kind of content being created. There’s hardly any experimentation that happens with concepts, storylines or roles.”

While there are many mediums to view content, the practice of categorising actors doesn’t help the current work situation, points out the Chandrakanta actor. “There are many people who, even today, categorise actors based on their body of work. They have a narrow mind and believe that if you have worked in one medium, you won’t be able to connect with audiences on the other, which is so not true. Irrespective of the mediums, we are actors and performers, and can adapt to any platform — be it TV, OTT or films. Categorising us needs to stop, as everybody deserves a chance to be a part of various mediums that are available today,” Dholakia concludes.

There’s hardly any experimentation that happens with concepts.

DHOLAKIA, URVASHI Actor