Barkha is glad that youth-centric shows are back

In the 2000s, youthcentric television shows became a genre in itself and grabbed the attention of the millennial audience. While they experienced a lull in the subsequent years, they seem to be back, thanks to the web. Having been part of web series such as Engineering Girls and Please Find Attached, and the TV show Girls On Top, actor Barkha Singh feels happy that OTT has brought back youthcentric content to the fore.

“I remember watching (television shows) Remix, Just Mohabbat and Hip Hip Hurray. They were so much fun. They have had a lasting impact in my life. The youth of today shouldn’t be denied of that impact. I am very happy that they are making a comeback,” she tells us.

Having worked in a bouquet of web series and films over the past few years, Singh doesn’t feel bothered by the tag of a web actor. “Great actors like Vijay Raaz and Sheeba Chadha are doing amazing work on the web, and they aren’t stereotyped. Stereotypes may exist depending on the kind of roles you do,” she says.

Singh is quick to add that she has often been typecast as an “urban girl next door”. Talking about it, the 29-year-old says, “I feel I have done a whole bunch of urban girl-next-door roles over the past few years. Magazine covers have called me the digital girl-nextdoor.”

With her upcoming projects, Singh wants to change the perception that the audience and makers have about her. “I’m looking to break out of that image to do something a little more desi. There has to be a way to come around it. I’ve put it out there that I want to do more challenging roles that are dark and twisted,” says the actor, who will next be seen in the web project, The Great Weddings of Munnes.