‘I have shot for 36 hours straight’

Alot has been said about how tough and gruelling it can be shooting for a daily soap on television. Having been a part of the medium for almost a decade now, Karan Tacker talks about his experience with the medium. The actor, who is currently hosting a digital reality show, started his career with TV and is known for fictions such as Love Ne Bana Di Jodi and Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai. “When I started off acting (in daily soaps), we would end up shooting for nothing less than 15 hours a day. But it’s the format of the industry. Changing the entire functioning is tough. It’s a creative process, which drains you both emotionally and physically. And at times it becomes tough to perform and emote every day,” he says.

Karan explains that the medium caters to millions of viewers on a daily basis and that’s what makes it more challenging. “To make a 22minute episode, you have to shoot and come on sets daily, and if you are the main lead, aapki responsibility badh jati hai. More so, because you are as much a part of it as the person putting his/her money,” says the actor.

Talking about one instance, Karan shares, “I have shot for 36 hours straight for one of my shows after a lot of episodes were scrapped.”

To make a 22minute episode, you have to shoot and come on sets daily, and if you are the main lead, aapki responsibility badh jati hai. KARAN TACKER ACTOR

Karan Tacker is currently hosting a digital reality show